APHIS removes Costa Rica from TR4-related restrictions after acknowledging the error

Published 2021년 5월 25일

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The USDA's APHIS has removed Costa Rica from a list of countries from which imports of certain banana plant parts are prohibited, following a complaint from Costa Rica. The initial order aimed to prevent the spread of the highly contagious soil-borne fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), but Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service pointed out the error, fearing potential restrictions on banana imports from Costa Rica, a major exporter. APHIS has corrected the error, stating that Foc TR4 is not known to exist in Costa Rica.

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The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has removed Costa Rica from a list of countries from which imports of parts of banana plants are now prohibited, following a complaint from the Central American country. APHIS announced on Thursday that it was prohibiting imports of certain plant parts of all banana and plantain species from countries where the devastating and highly contagious soil-borne fungus is known to occur. The countries included are Australia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Viet Nam. However, Colombia and Peru are the only two Latin American countries where officials have confirmed the detection on TR4. It was found in Colombia in 2019, and then in Peru earlier this year. On Friday, Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) released a statement requesting that APHIS correct the error, amid ...

Source: Fresh Fruit Portal