Arkansas Department of Agriculture Issues Warning on Mystery Seed Packets

KUAF | By Daniel Caruth

Published August 10, 2020 at 1:19 PM CDT

State officials urge those who receive the packages, often labeled as jewlery, not to plant them.

Since July, residents across the state and country have reported receiving unsolicited packets of seeds that appear to come from China. The Arkansas Department of Agriculurewarns not to plant the seeds and to turn them over to the department or a local extension office.

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