Brazilian peanut with red flour-eater and grain moth stopped in the port of St. Petersburg in Russia

In the port of St. Petersburg, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor banned the import of almost 250 tons of peanuts contaminated with pests of grain products In the Big Port of St. Petersburg, state inspectors of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor controlled the import of two batches of peanuts from Brazil, the official website of the department reports. 249.9 tons of peanuts were imported to the address of the consignee from the Lomonosovsky district of the Leningrad region. In the course of control and supervision activities, samples were taken from peanut lots for research on quality and food safety indicators. As a result of laboratory examinations carried out in the St. Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Center for Grain Quality Assessment", subordinated to the Rosselkhoznadzor, the contamination of products with stock pests was established: red flour-eater and grain moth. The rufous flour beetle, with its bright ...