The fruit importer Oppenheimer Group of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, expects to bring more pears into the United States from Argentina this season because the U.S. Department of Agriculture no longer requires a quarantine treatment. In the past, the USDA required that pears from Argentina undergo a cold treatment before entering the United States, Steve Gisler, Oppenheimer’s East Coast pipfruit category coordinator, explained in a press release. Now, no treatment is needed because the department has concluded, after monitoring, that there is no Mediterranean fruit fly in the growing region. Oppenheimer planned to bring fruit directly to the West Coast […]