Spain: The Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations of Andalusia demands the immediate stoppage of imports of strawberries and other fresh products from Morocco

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Published Mar 7, 2024

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The Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations (COAG) of Andalusia is calling for an immediate stop to the import of strawberries and other fresh products from Morocco following repeated health alerts. The most recent incident involved strawberries carrying the Hepatitis A virus entering the Spanish market. This is one of 47 health alerts related to Moroccan imports in the past year, with Spain notifying 30 of them. COAG Andalucía is demanding an investigation into these alerts, stricter import control protocols, and enhanced border controls.

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The Coordinator of Farmers and Livestock Organizations -COAG- of Andalusia demands the immediate stoppage of imports of strawberries and other fresh products from Morocco, after the repeated health alerts that have been reported in recent weeks, the one last Monday being especially serious. , March 4, in which the RASFF (Rapid Alert System Feed and Food) system published that strawberries from Morocco had entered the Spanish market with the Hepatitis A virus, which represents a serious health risk. An alert that is added to the 47 health alerts on imports from Morocco in the last year, 30 of these notified by Spain, and that is repeated continuously and recently in the specific case of strawberries, since we must remember the past On February 14, the presence of Norovirus GII in strawberries from Morocco was reported, with potentially serious risk. It should be noted that the entry of these contaminated products is due to the fact that only between 1% and 5% of the imported ...

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