Argentina: More than two thousand citrus plants destroyed for violating health standards

Published Sep 12, 2024

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The National Service for Food Safety and Quality of Argentina (Senasa) has confiscated and destroyed over 2,000 non-compliant citrus plants sold on National Highway No. 14 near Chajarí, Entre Ríos, due to their failure to meet current health regulations. The plants were found to be on sale at unauthorized locations, lacking the necessary documentation to verify their origin and health status. This action is part of Senasa's efforts to control Huanglongbing (HLB), a globally dangerous citrus disease, in accordance with Senasa Resolution 1678/19 and other related regulations. HLB poses a significant risk to citrus and certain ornamental plants, spreading through the use of contaminated propagation material and by the Diaphorina citri insect.

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As part of its actions to prevent Huanglongbing (HLB), the National Service for Food Safety and Quality of Argentina (Senasa) seized and confirmed the destruction of more than two thousand citrus plants that did not comply with current health regulations and were sold on the side of National Highway No. 14 “Gervasio Artigas”, near Chajarí, Entre Ríos. Senasa reported that in the routine inspection carried out by technicians from the Entre Ríos Regional Center together with Gendarmerie personnel, 2,447 citrus plants were detected that were displayed for sale to the public, in shops that were not authorized as resellers in the Nursery Registry (RENFO) or the electronic Plant Transit Document (DTV-e), which accredited their origin and health status. Within the framework of the National Program for the Prevention of Huanglongbing, the agents notified the vendors and merchants that Senasa Resolution 1678/19, Art. 15, subsection F, prohibits the street sale of plants because they ...

Source: MXfruit