Commission

The California Avocado Commission is providing growers with an update concerning our continued efforts calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate its original inspection protocols of avocados from Mexico.

The California Avocado Commission recently shared its Annual Meeting Board Presentation with attendees during a series of CAC Annual Meetings held across California avocado growing regions. A copy of that presentation is now available online.

CAC encourages members of the California avocado industry to attend the upcoming CAC 2025 Annual Meetings that will be held in March at three different locations within California avocado growing regions.

Following is an update on the California Avocado Commission’s efforts calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Mexico avocado inspections to return to their long-standing program requirements.

CAC is calling on growers to sign a petition urging the USDA to fully restore its inspection of avocados from Mexico. Since USDA unilaterally downgraded its inspection obligations by shifting orchard inspections to Mexico, detections of stem and seed weevils in packing facilities increased with APHIS acknowledging “the number of recent interceptions is notable given the infrequency of such interceptions over the history of the program.”