Spain: Canary Islands asks to open the importation of potatoes to UK's Northern Ireland and Wales, without being affected by the beetle plague

GÜÍMAR (TENERIFE), 31 Aug. (EUROPA PRESS) - The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero, stated this Thursday that negotiations are being held with the Government Delegation and the central Government to enable the importation of potatoes from other territories of the United Kingdom in which it is not present the 'potato beetle', such as Northern Ireland or Wales, an important action for the entry into the Canary archipelago of the consumer potato, but especially for the seed potato, "which arrives in the Canary Islands at this time and which comes from mostly from these areas. However, they have made it clear that they do not want the 1987 law that "protects" the Canary Islands from the entry of pests into crops to be repealed, "because this would represent a health and also an economic problem", and has stated that the ban on imports English potato should serve to "reflect" on the defense of local ...