Spain: Black spot and false moth detected in South African imports

The European Commission's Europhyt platform reports that EU entry points detected imports from South Africa infested with black spot (Phyllosticta citricarpa) and false moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) in October. This new monthly publication coincides with several meetings held in Brussels by representatives of the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-Asaja) with the Directorate General for Trade, COPA-COGECA and Spanish MEPs from various political groups. The organisation has urged COPA-COGECA to request, among other demands, that the European Commission re-establish in its regulations a maximum number of detections of a certain disease or pest from which, depending on the risk considered unacceptable by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), borders should be closed to imports from a third country. The EU intercepted two shipments of South African oranges contaminated with the fungus that causes black spot on citrus fruits, which, added to the detections of previous months, ...