More than 140 tons of Vietnamese tea will not get on the tables of Russians because of the quarantine object

Published 2023년 7월 14일

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Officials in St. Petersburg seized three shipments of black tea totaling 146.2 tons, which were being sent from Vietnam to a Moscow company, due to contamination with the polyphagous humpback fly. Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the quarantine pest, which poses a threat to the phytosanitary, food security, and human health. As a result, the import of tea into Russia is prohibited.

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In the Big Sea Port of St. Petersburg, officials of the North-Western Interregional Department of Rosselkhoznadzor carried out quarantine phytosanitary control of 3 batches of black tea with a total weight of 146.2 tons. Black tea grown in Vietnam was sent to a Moscow company, but was blocked by Rosselkhoznadzor specialists. According to the results of laboratory studies of samples of regulated products and sweeps from the bottom of the containers in which the products were transported, specialists of the North-Western Branch of the FGBI "ARRIAH" found that the cargo was contaminated with the polyphagous humpback fly (Megaselia scalaris (Loew)). The import of tea consignments into the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited. For ...

Source: Agroxxi