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Mason Carbaugh, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), has received assurances from the California Department of Food and Agriculture that all possible efforts are being made to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly and prevent its spread to other states.
The assurances came in response to a. telegram Commissioner Carbaugh sent to Richard Rominger, director of this California agency, requesting additional information on the Medfly situation.
Carbaugh was informed by California officials that by Friday night, July 24, traps designed to detect the Medfly had been placed, 10 per square mile, within a 100
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