Yes, this area is currently under quarantine.Was that a real inspector? If so what business is it of his in the first place? Private individual with a couple of fruit trees on private property doesn't constitute "farming" unless, maybe, you're in California.
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I remember that! People were complaining about the spraying. Didn't the Governor, or some official drink Malathion on TV to show it was safe?When I lived in San Jose and Santa Clara 1976 to 2004 it was the Mediterranean Fruit Fly in the Bay Area circa 1981. Helicopters sprayed malathion at night....very creepy.
Yes, it was in the link from my post #5. At the time, he was Gov. Jerry Brown's Chief of Staff.Found it!
In 1981, B. T. Collins, director of the California Conservation Corps, publicly swallowed a mouthful of dilute malathion solution to demonstrate its safety following an outbreak of Mediterranean fruit flies in California.
I recall in the mid 50's at night in Fernandina Beach, FL the trucks spraying huge clouds of DDT along the road sides for the mosquitoes.Don’t forget DDT.