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CBP helps keep Valentine’s Day pest free

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists inspect millions of Valentine's Day flowers.

Federal News Network Staff

February 13, 2015 2:28 pm

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CBP Agricultural Specialists are looking for pests like these that are hitching a ride on flowers imported into the U.S. Most of the flowers imported into the country — 87 percent — come through the Miami Port of Entry.

(CBPAS photo by Josh Denmark)

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