Russia has suspended the import of Kazakh melons

Rosselkhoznadzor has approached the State Inspection Committee in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan with a request to suspend the issuance of Kazakhstani phytosanitary certificates for fresh melons from October 7, EastFruit reports. "The decision was made in connection with repeated detections in the past and current years of a quarantine object - the melon fly (Myiopardalis pardalina (Bigot) - in Kazakh melons imported to Russia and in order to preserve the phytosanitary well-being of Russia. This pest is quarantined for the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and damages a wide range of agricultural crops of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitacea), such as melon, watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin, etc.," the Rosselkhoznadzor said. According to ElDala.kz, the potential economic damage from the penetration and spread of the melon fly could amount to more than 250 million rubles. Read also: Kazakhstan did not allow a batch of potatoes to be ...