Area affected includes two major suburbs of Los Angeles to the south of Anaheim, including Disneyland Park
An area of California’s Orange County has been placed under quarantine by the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture as it attempts to prevent the spread of oriental fruit fly.
As reported in the Los Angeles Times, the move is designed to prevent any distribution of fruit out of an 87 square-mile area that include the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, as well as the Disneyland theme park.
The affected zone extends north to Anaheim, south to John Wayne Airport, west to Huntington Beach, and east to State Highway 55.
According to the authorities, fruit flies pose a risk to apples, pears, stonefruit, citrus, dates, avocados, tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables.
