EU detects black spot and false moth in South African imports in October

The European Commission's Europhyt platform reports that EU entry points detected imports from South Africa in October infested with black spot (Phyllosticta citricarpa) and false moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta). This new monthly publication coincides with several meetings that representatives of the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) held yesterday and today in Brussels 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 that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) considers unacceptable, the borders must 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 in citrus fruits, which, added to the ...