On the same day that Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles warned residents about suspicious packets of seeds from China, several cases were reported in Hardin County.
Hardin County Extension Agent Doug Shepherd says 2 residents had contacted his office after they received the mysterious seeds instead of the ones they ordered.
“When they were delivered, they were marked as jewelry, but there were these mysterious seeds from China,” Shepherd said.
Shepherd says that if any other residents receive the the seeds, they should package them and send them to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection in Hebron, Kentucky, where he said they will likely be grown in a controlled facility to see what they are.
Address: USDA-APHIS PPQ, P.O. Box 475, Hebron, KY 41048.
Kentucky is one of 4 states to report the packages.
Editor’s note: above photo is not Hardin County packages
