Argentina: Certified export of pomegranates to the United States

By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, In the department of Sarmiento, province of San Juan, the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) of Argentina carried out the phytosanitary certification of a new shipment to export pomegranate fruits for industrial use destined for the United States. The container, which was packed and loaded in the Acequión area, was supervised by agents from the local Senasa office in San Juan, in the jurisdiction of the Cuyo Regional Center, who attended the establishment to verify that the established quarantine procedures had been initiated and issue the certification, In this sense, the United States presents as a requirement that pomegranates exported from Argentina arrive healthy, clean, dry and free of fruit flies. As it is a region that is not free of this pest, the producer must implement a quarantine treatment that eliminates it. On this occasion, the shipment was given a cold treatment in transit. It contemplates ...