A letter to the USDA Secretary of Agriculture

Save the American Avocado Farm

Norm Kachuck, MD, CEO

10/18/20241 min read

October 11, 2024

The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture

SM.OSEC.AGSEC.OES@usda.gov

Re: Oversight of importation of Mexican avocados into the United States

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am writing in support of our California avocado grower community’s opposition to recent action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in substantially modifying the Mexican avocado import program.

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