Russia returned to Belarus 9 tons of tomatoes with quarantine pest

Employees of the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor in the Bryansk, Smolensk and Kaluga regions have banned the import of 9 tons of tomatoes coming from Belarus. The vegetables were intended for the recipient from Moscow. According to the documents and labeling, the specified cargo from the Mogilev region enterprise was accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, which confirmed its phytosanitary safety. The document was issued by the Belarusian plant quarantine service. However, as a result of the inspection, Rosselkhoznadzor inspectors detected a quarantine pest in the products - Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande). This was also confirmed by entomological ...