CBP Increases Focus on Agricultural E-Commerce in Cincinnati
CBP agriculture specialists in Cincinnati "have intensified their inspection of e-commerce shipments coming into the United States," CBP said in a news release (here). The growth in e-commerce also means more trade of plant and animal products and the associated…
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risks of pests and diseases, CBP said. “Our Agriculture Specialists continually inspect shipments that contain regulated agriculture products, and they excel at intercepting smuggled and mis-manifested e-commerce shipments,” Cincinnati Supervisory CBP Agriculture Specialist Barbara Hassan said. Smuggling methods include use of "fictitious shipper names and addresses, or even by providing incorrect and unrelated cargo descriptions," the agency said.