Amazon bans foreign sales of "mystery" seeds in U.S.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Amazon has banned foreign sales of seeds in the U.S. after Americans across the country received suspicious packages of seeds, many originating in China, earlier this summer.

Under the online retailer's new policy, as of September 3 overseas seed vendors are prohibited from importing plant or seed products into the U.S., according to Amazon. Non-residents of the U.S. are also banned from bringing seeds into the country.

"Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the U.S.," the company said in a statement. Sellers who don't comply with the restrictions could have their account shut down.

Amazon's rule change was first reported in the Wall Street Journal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amazon-bans-foreign-sales-of-mystery-seeds-in-u-s/ar-BB18MZg6?li=BBnbfcN&ocid=DELLDHP

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Interesting! I ordered some beet seeds from Amazon this spring

when I couldn't get them locally (garden centers had very little inventory). About two months later I got the seeds, and the packaging said they came from Kazakhstan! They were clearly beet seeds, though, so I planted them (this was before the mysterious seeds started arriving, unbidden, from China. I never got any of those). They might have been legit, but of the entire packet only ONE actually germinated. I now have one single beet plant. I will harvest and eat it at some point, but I wouldn't have ordered the seeds in the first place if I'd known where they came from, and although Kazakhstan's major industry is agriculture and they do grow beets, apparently their quality control sucks.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Fee Fi Fo Fum.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Now I need to find another source for my Kudzu seeds.

I like to throw them from the car as I travel the U.S.

What could go wrong?

[DBoon]

4. We think a lot alike!

I miss the Giant Hogweed seeds I used to order from China.