The government of South Korea has banned the import of pollen from China

The government has banned the import of pollen (pollen used to pollinate fire disease host plants) produced in areas where fruit tree burn disease occurs in China. About two months after the Japanese government imposed a ban at the end of August due to the outbreak of burn disease in China, the Korean government also decided to restrict imports. However, unlike Japan, our quarantine authorities decided to block the import of only pollen produced in areas where burn disease occurs. The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Quarantine Headquarters announced on the 1st that it would ban the import of pollen from two regions in China, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Gansu Province, where burn disease occurred. This is a measure pursuant to Article 11 of the ‘Plant Quarantine Act’. The ‘Plant Quarantine Act’ states, “If it is recognized that an emergency management situation has occurred in relation to regulated pests that have occurred in a specific region of a foreign country and ...