Brazil: Adepará inspectors seize 126 bags of cocoa beans coming from Amazonas

Published 2024년 5월 27일

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The Pará Agricultural Defense Agency (Adepará) in Brazil seized 126 bags of cocoa beans at the Almeirim port due to the lack of mandatory documents confirming the plant health of the product. The cocoa beans were being transported from Amazonas to Pará on a ship. Adepará emphasized the serious nature of the situation, as the absence of these documents could allow the entry of pests into Pará, which could have significant negative economic, environmental, and social impacts, particularly given the state's leading role in cocoa production. The agency highlighted that the seizure was the result of increased surveillance measures aimed at protecting the territory from such pests.

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Pará Agricultural Defense Agency (Adepará) identified that it did not have mandatory documents certifying the plant health of the product State agricultural inspectors from the Agricultural Defense Agency of Pará (Adepará) seized, in the early hours of Saturday (25), 126 bags of cocoa beans in the waterway port of Almeirim, in the Lower Amazon region. The almonds were transported on a ship that left Amazonas bound for Pará. The general director of Adepará, Jamir Macedo, noted that agricultural inspection identified that there were irregularities in transport. “Our inspectors identified that the cargo was in violation of legislation, without the mandatory documents that attest to plant health, such as the almond classification report, and packed in old bags, which were reused.” “This action is an extremely necessary and important protective measure, considering that we have a strong productive sector that depends on cocoa cultivation in Pará”, highlighted the general director of ...

Source: Mercado Do Cacau