People across the country have reportedly been receiving these mysterious packages.
“So far, there have been reports from most Canadian provinces of people receiving seeds of different types,” Wendy Asbil, national manager of the CFIA’s Invasive Alien Species section said in a release Wednesday. The agency is asking people who have received unrequested seed shipments to contact their regional office “immediately,” and hang on to the packaging and its contents until they hear from an inspector.
Asbil said people who have such seeds should not dispose of them in the trash or compost them because they could sprout.that appear to have been shipped across the country from China.
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