CBP stops mushroom shipment infested with slugs

CBP stops mushroom shipment infested with slugs    U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Washington state's Sea-Tac Airport announced this week that they recently halted a shipment of mushrooms from Bulgaria that contained destructive slugs.
   The slugs, known as Lehmannia ncytelia, pose a threat to agriculture, particularly growers of trees, shrubs and greenhouse plants. They can also transmit the tobacco mosaic virus to some plants, which left unchecked cause severe damage to crops such as tomatoes, peppers, other vegetables, flowers and weeds, CBP said.
   After the slug was positively identified on July 12, the mushroom shipment of 62 cartons was destroyed.
   According to CBP, the shipment of mushrooms arrived at Sea-Tac Airport from Bulgaria via London on July 10. Slugs were found by agriculture specialists on the floor of the container. The shipment was bound for an importer in California.