Only farms where tomato hornworm has not been found can export tomatoes to Japan

(Sejong=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = Only farms where the tomato hornworm, a pest, has not been found for two months before harvest can export tomatoes to Japan. The National Institute of Animal Quarantine announced on the 3rd that it had enacted and promulgated an export quarantine guideline notice with the same content on the 29th of last month. This is a measure to strengthen export quarantine as tomato hornworms have been found in some domestic farms. The tomato hornworm is a pest that causes damage to farms by making holes in tomato leaves or piercing holes in fruits and stems, and has been designated as a quarantine pest in Japan. According to the enactment of the notice, tomato farms and export sorting facilities must register their current status with the quarantine headquarters and install nets with a diameter of 1.6mm or less on windows and ventilation holes in cultivation facilities to prevent the inflow of pests. Plant quarantine officers will conduct a ...