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How 30 Years of Prevention Cut California Medfly Infestations by Over 90%

August 5, 2026   Office of Public Affairs

Celebrating Three Decades of CDFA’s Medfly Preventive Release Program This year marks the 30th anniversary of California’s Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) Preventive Release Program (PRP), a landmark pest prevention effort that helps protect agriculture, natural resources and urban food production in the Los Angeles Basin and across the state from devastating environmental and economic losses. Established in 1996, the Medfly …

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Protecting California Agriculture During Fourth of July Travel

July 2, 2026   Office of Public Affairs

As California moves into the Fourth of July travel period and into the summer — thousands of vehicles will be crossing into and through the state. That seasonal surge in travel makes one thing especially important: keeping invasive pests and diseases from entering California. A California Department of Food and Agriculture video featuring the Smith River Border Protection Station highlights …

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CDFA Border Stations helping to prevent risk of invasive mussel infestation during boating season

May 25, 2022   Office of Public Affairs

Once again, CDFA is partnering with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks, and the Department of Water Resources to help prevent invasive quagga and zebra mussels from entering California. Staff at CDFA Border Inspection Stations are inspecting boats and other watercraft entering the state for unwanted hitchhikers. Boaters are urged to take the following steps to …

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Growing California video series – “First Line of Defense”

February 11, 2013   Office of Public Affairs

The next segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “First Line of Defense,” a story about California’s Border Protection Stations.

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CDFA Border Stations Help Thwart Recycling Fraud

November 5, 2012   CDFA Staff

A commercial truck entering CDFA’s Truckee border inspection station. Under a $1.432 million interagency agreement (IAA) with CalRecycle, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) agents who review vehicles at border inspection stations have have added a non-agricultural pest to their “no entry” list:  fraudulent recyclers.  The agents are keeping track of recyclable beverage containers being brought in from out-of-state …

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