Mysterious packages of seeds sent from China have been

showing up in people’s mailboxes all over the country.

Kentucky’s Commissioner of Ag Ryan Quarles tells Brownfield they’re advising people not to open the packages and instead should contact their state department of agriculture.  “So we can get this plant material to APHIS,” he says.  “I think you’re going to see this week a national plan now that this issue has become elevated.  Residents shouldn’t plant these seeds, they need to get them to the proper authority in their respective states.”

He says officials are still unsure why the packages have been

sent, but it needs to be taken seriously. 

“Even the smallest risk could have disastrous results,” he says.  “History has taught us several times over

about big of a mess invasive species can be if introduced into an environment

either intentionally or unintentionally.”

Quarles says the packages have contained a variety of seeds. 

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