But Mr. Hoebeke said that many untreated crates had already been imported from China to ports around the country and that the beetle could easily have escaped, unseen, into the surrounding countryside.
At least a few thousand metric tons of maize have already been imported by the government, and private millers have begun importing thousands of tons after the state agreed on a subsidy plan to hold down the retail cost.
If mitochondria had already been imported before the Giardia struck out on its own, Roger says, these organelles must be far more ancient than scientists had thought.
The Associated Press named three facilities that both employ North Koreans and export frozen seafood to the United States; more than 2,000 tons of frozen entrees and appetizers from these factories has already been imported by the US and Canada this year.
A number of American-bred horses carrying the lines of Lexington had already been imported into England, including Americus, Rhoda B, and Sibola, and because they were grandfathered in, they and their descendants were allowed to be registered in the General Stud Book.
