The European citrus sector warns that the new controls to prevent black spot disease are insufficient

게시됨 2022년 4월 22일

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The Citrus Contact Group, which includes Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal, is taking the European Union to task over inadequate measures to prevent the introduction and spread of black spot, a fungus affecting citrus fruits. The group is particularly critical of the EU's refusal to enforce stricter controls on citrus imports from South Africa, a country with a significant number of black spot interceptions. AVA-ASAJA, the leading Spanish agricultural organization, is contemplating a legal suit against the EU to hold it accountable for potential damages arising from the introduction of pests or diseases not currently present in the European citrus industry. The group also highlights the need for the European Commission to adopt cold treatment for South African citrus to prevent the false moth, calling for similar measures to be extended to mandarins and pomelos.

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AVA-ASAJA sues the European Union for damages if pests or diseases enter: "It should bear the consequences" VALENCIA, 22 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) - The Citrus Contact Group of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal has considered "insufficient" the new control measures adopted by the European Union to prevent the introduction and spread in the community market of black spot (Phyllosticta citricarpa), a fungus that affects the fruits and also infects the stems and leaves and has warned of the "poor hardening" of the same. In this sense, the president of AVA-ASAJA, Cristóbal Aguado, agreed with representatives of citrus growers from other Spanish regions and from France and Italy on the "little tightening" of the controls that the EU has decided to establish on third countries, "having taking into account the danger of this disease, which is not present in the European citrus industry, and the high number of shipments intercepted in ports", measures before which he has expressed his ...

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