The United States has suspended avocado imports from Mexico’s western state of Michoacan after a US official received a threat, Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

US authorities suspended avocado imports from Mexico just hours before the Super Bowl — a decision made after an American plant safety inspector purportedly received a threatening phone call.

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports ... US inflation report: Consumer prices jumped 7.5% in past year, a 40-year high The avocado ban ...

Until further notice, avocados will not be imported from Mexico to the U.S. after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The U.S. government suspension comes after the safety ...

Over the weekend, the US government suspended all imports of Mexican avocados “until ... one of the biggest sale opportunities of the year for Mexican avocado growers (perhaps you caught the Avocados ...

U.S. officials suspended imports of avocados from Mexico on ... in an effort to make guacamole a game-day tradition. Mexico’s avocado export industry has fallen victim to drug cartel war battles ...