Argentina: More than 200 tons of fresh plums have already been exported to Brazil

Published 2023년 4월 4일

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A total of 217 tons of fresh plums have been exported to Brazil as part of a campaign aimed at mitigating the pest Lobesia botrana, with the first shipment certified in January 2023. The campaign, which began in August 2022, requires that the plums do not contain immature or adult stages of the pest during production. In addition to the SMR protocol, other sanitary measures such as the installation of trapping nets, the Sexual Confusion Technique, and phytosanitary applications for pest control have been implemented. The main producers of the plums are in the departments of General Alvear, Tunuyán, and Las Heras in Mendoza.

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Mendoza - Within the framework of the fresh plum export campaign to Brazil, to date, the National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) certified shipments of 217 tons through the Integrated System of Phytosanitary Measures for Risk Mitigation (SMR) of the pest Lobesia botrana. The campaign began in August 2022, when the producers registered their establishments and processed the documentation requested for registration with the SMR, a protocol that allows them to export fresh fruit without the need to apply the methyl bromide quarantine treatment. This system requires that the plum does not present, during the production process (from field to packaging), immature and/or adult stages of the Lobesia botrana pest. After verifying compliance with the requirements established by the SMR, agents from Senasa's Cuyo Regional Center certified the shipment of the first load to Brazil in January of this year and, to date, another 15 exported fresh plum items have been certified. ...

Source: Argentina.gob.ar