Chilean fruit should be returned or discarded.

The statement left open the possibility that tons of grapes and other Chilean fruit now in storage would be allowed to spoil.

Perhaps the most diplomatically thorny issue was the case of Chilean fruit.

There have been no reports of any illness or death from Chilean fruit.

Japan, Canada and several European countries have said they are tightening controls on Chilean fruit.

For now, sales and distribution of all Chilean fruit have come to a standstill.

The United States temporarily halted all sales of Chilean fruit, and many other countries did the same.

Store owners by the thousands, even those who called the alarms overblown, pulled the Chilean fruit from their bins and gave refunds.

He urged grocers and shoppers to make their own check when Chilean fruit is back in the market.

But when a second call came, inspectors went to Philadelphia, the main port for Chilean fruit.