Mexico: Active Agriculture National Emergency Device in Colima to eradicate an outbreak of Mediterranean fly

Published 2021년 8월 17일

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Mexico is intensifying emergency phytosanitary actions to eradicate the Mediterranean fly, following its detection in the port of Manzanillo. The National Plant Health Emergency Device (DNE) has been activated to prevent the spread of the pest, which affects over 250 fruit and vegetable species. The Ministry of Agriculture is using the Sterile Insect Technique and other environmentally friendly methods to control the fly, and regulating the movement and transportation of fruits. The DNE is activated when exotic quarantine pests are detected, putting one or more plant species at risk.

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AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASE (SADER). Emergency phytosanitary actions are intensified in order for Mexico to maintain the status of a country free of this pest that affects the cultivation, mobilization and commercialization of more than 250 fruit and vegetable species. On April 6, the National Phytosanitary Epidemiological Surveillance System that operates in Colima detected a female specimen of the Mediterranean fly in the urban area of the port of Manzanillo. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development activated the National Plant Health Emergency Device (DNE) with the aim of eradicating the outbreak of the Mediterranean fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) that occurred in Colima, and thus prevent its dissemination in other entities of the country. With the Agreement, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the federal agency, through the National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica), intensifies emergency phytosanitary actions in ...

Source: Inforural