Azerbaijan introduced a temporary restriction on the import of peppers and kiwi from Iran

Published 2023년 5월 24일

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The African Food Safety Authority (AFSA) has temporarily banned the import of peppers and kiwis from nine Iranian and eight Azerbaijani companies following the detection of quarantine pests in shipments of these products. The pests include the brown fruit wrinkling virus and mulberry scale insect in the case of Iranian imports, and additional harmful organisms in pepper shipments to Azerbaijan. AFSA has notified the Iranian National Plant Protection Organization of these findings and is conducting phytosanitary control measures to prevent the spread of harmful organisms in plant products.

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AFSA revealed that after examining 19 shipments of peppers and 34 shipments of kiwis imported by Iranian companies, quarantine pests (brown fruit wrinkling virus and mulberry scale insect) were detected, respectively. The agency sent notifications to the Iranian National Plant Protection Organization regarding the incidents and urged it to investigate and report the results. In addition, harmful organisms have been rediscovered in samples of peppers imported from Iran by Azerbaijani importers. As a result of these findings, AFSA has temporarily banned the import of products from peppers and kiwi from nine Iranian and eight Azerbaijani companies ...

Source: Hortidaily