Virginians Report Receiving Random Seed Packets That May Have Come From China
wsls.com | July 24, 2020 | Jeff Williamson

If you get a package like this, do not plant the seeds!

ROANOKE, Va. – Have you received random seeds in the mail? Do not plant them!

That’s the warning the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued on Friday.

The department said Virginians have reported receiving unexpected seed packets that appear to have originated from China.

The types of seeds in the packages are unknown and VDACS warns the plants could be an invasive plant species.

Those who have received the packets said they may have Chinese writing on them.

That’s some lazy reporting, right there.

Anyone who has received this type of package is asked to contact the Office of Plant Industry Services (OPIS) at 804-786-3515 or send an email to ReportAPest@vdacs.virginia.gov.

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Mysterious Seeds Sent From China to Utah
Fox 13 | 07 22 2020 | Adam Herbets

Over the past few weeks, people in Utah have been reporting mysterious packages they’ve been receiving in the mail from China.

Lori Culley, who lives in Tooele, said she was excited to find two small packages in her mailbox on Tuesday. Although most of the writing on the outside was in Chinese, the label indicated there would be earrings inside.

“I opened them up and they were seeds,” Culley said. “Obviously they’re not jewelry!”

Culley couldn’t understand why she would be receiving mislabeled seeds from China in the mail, but at first she didn’t think much of it.

She posted about the strange incident on Facebook, where some of her friends reminded her plants and seeds are strictly regulated in Utah.

FOX 13 has confirmed the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food will likely team up with Customs and Border Protection agents to investigate.

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Hundreds of Brit gardeners ‘warned not to plant mystery seeds sent from China’
dailystar.co.uk | 07.24.2020 | Anders Anglesey

Mysterious packages of seeds – marked as ear studs – left gardeners in the UK baffled after they were sent to the country, possibly in a bid to avoid custom checks.

I’d take this with a grain of salt, though, because I’ve never heard of the “Daily Star” in the U.K., and, frankly, “Fox 13” sounds kind of made-up, too.

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