Morning glories and mustard: US investigates unsolicited seed mystery

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CHICAGO (REUTERS) - The US Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans, mostly postmarked from China.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CHICAGO - The US Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans, mostly postmarked from China.

The agency on Wednesday said it had identified 14 different species of seeds, but noted it was still early in the process. The packages have also been reported in Canada, where Ontario's Central Region Provincial Police posted a warning on Facebook on Wednesday against"foreign seeds in the mail from China or Taiwan".

State agriculture departments have also reported packages postmarked from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, though most are reportedly from China.

 

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