Violated plant products from other countries are not allowed into Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Published Oct 6, 2021
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NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - From September 24 to October 1, 2021, state plant quarantine inspectors revealed 72 violations when importing regulated products into Kazakhstan from other countries, Kazinform reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the quarantine phytosanitary control, the import of the following regulated products that do not meet phytosanitary requirements was suppressed: 743 tons of wheat, barley, potatoes, chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beets, eggplants, apples, bananas, dried fruits, 265 m3 of lumber and 10,479 pieces saplings of herbaceous plants and rhizomes of flower crops from the Russian Federation; 57.2 tons of apples, pears, sea buckthorn from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan; 10 tons of dried apricots from Afghanistan; 20 tons of dried apricots from Turkey; 0.35 tons of grapes, persimmons, melon seeds, alfalfa seeds and 10 pieces of spruce seedlings from Uzbekistan.
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Persons who violated the legislation in the field of plant quarantine were brought to administrative responsibility under Article 400 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan and fined in the amount of 3.8 million tenge. The main violations are the lack of a phytosanitary certificate, the lack of labeling and the failure to provide regulated products for secondary inspection. In addition, during the import of 17 tons of pears and apples from Kyrgyzstan, a quarantine object for Kazakhstan was identified - the eastern moth (Grapholita molesta). The department noted that from January 1, 2021, the state plant quarantine inspectors of the State Inspection Committee in ...
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