Amazon Bans Foreign Sales of Seeds in US Amid Mystery Packages

Amazon Bans Foreign Sales of Seeds in US Amid Mystery Packages
Signage at an Amazon facility in Bethpage on Long Island, N.Y., on March 17, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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Amazon said it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the United States after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packages of seeds in their mailboxes, mostly postmarked from China.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in July identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in the bags of unsolicited seeds. It warned Americans not to plant the seeds.