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Old May 31, 2005 | 9:50 pm
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I would encourage people to be honest. I was amazed in talking to the inspector how trained and knowledgeable they are. He was looking for specific potential problems that could be a threat to US agriculture. It was not a TSA type circus. He was professional and thorough and it just took a couple minutes. I have a Ph.D. in molecular biology and know that in this case he was doing very reasonable, targeted and specific stuff. Based on where I was he was looking for particular pathogens that grow on particular plants. Since I told him what I did he explained what he was looking for in some detail. He even showed me some training materials he had showing him what to look for from certain areas of the world. Please cooperate with these folks, it is important.
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