Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in U.S.
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there have been no other detections of the fly in the U.S., and officials were quick to say that while the fly's larvae are a threat to livestock production, they don't infest food.
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