Officials have also placed the impacted portion of the county under quarantine ... “Let me assure you: We will eradicate these snails,” Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried told ...

Two Florida counties were put under quarantine in recent weeks ... in Pinellas County and the giant African land snail (GALS) in Pasco County led to quarantines for those counties in late June.

quarantine and public outreach is in place for the interception of the detrimental agricultural pest, giant African land snail,” FDACS said. “Without these measures, Florida would be at risk ...

MESZAROS: It's not clear how these snails entered Florida again ... usually intercepted on passengers. MESZAROS: The quarantine in Pasco County will last about three years. Labrador retrievers ...