NACTU inspects Port of Baltimore imports [Image 7 of 16]

BALTIMORE, MD, UNITED STATES

04.04.2017

Photo by Glenn Fawcett 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division           

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Supervisory Agriculture Specialist Richard Leshin holds a vial containing contaminant weed seeds on a shipment from China intercepted at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, Md., April 4, 2017. Officers of the National Agriculture Cargo Targeting Unit targeted the shipment due to a recent intercept of Imperata cylindrica, a Federal Noxious Weed (FNW), at the port of St. Louis, MO in February 2017. The Chinese shipper and manufacturer involved in the St. Louis intercept seldom utilizes the port of Baltimore and thus a referral was made to address the possible threat. The intercepted seeds were later identified by the USDA as two different species: Typha sp. (commonly known as cattail) and Phragmites sp. (commonly known as a “reed”). Neither species required further action. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Photo by Glenn Fawcett

• Date Taken: 04.04.2017
• Date Posted: 04.14.2017 12:03
• Photo ID: 3314972
• VIRIN: 170404-H-NI589-113
• Resolution: 4523x2744
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: BALTIMORE, MD, US