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CDFA in Hawaii – Secretary Ross and Washington Ag director tour Medfly program breeding facility

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Office of Public Affairs
CDFA secretary Karen Ross along with Washington director of agriculture Derek Sandison (center) recently toured CDFA’s Mediterranean fruit fly rearing facility in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. With them, from left, are CDFA employees Aaron Frank, Song So and Rosalie Nelson. Secretary Ross and Director Sandison were in Hawaii for a meeting of WASDA, the Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
The program breeds and sterilizes Medflies and transports them to Southern California, where they are released aerially as an exclusionary measure to prevent Medfly infestations. The Preventive Release Program, a joint project with the USDA, is an example of the innovative biological solutions that help make integrated pest management a successful approach.
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