Rosselkhoznadzor allowed import of tomatoes and peppers from 15 enterprises of Belarus

“Rosselkhoznadzor from March 30, 2021 allows the import of tomatoes and peppers into Russia under the guarantees of the Main State Inspectorate for Seed Production, Quarantine and Plant Protection of the Republic of Belarus from 15 Belarusian enterprises. The decision was made following the consideration of the materials submitted by the Belarusian side on the measures taken and the results of laboratory examinations, which confirm the absence of the pepino mosaic virus in tomatoes and peppers, by the subordinate service of the All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, ”the report says. The department recalled that, given the serious harmfulness of viruses of brown wrinkling of tomato fruits, spotted wilting of tomatoes and pepino mosaic for greenhouse vegetable growing in Russia, the Rosselkhoznadzor from July 27, 2020, as a temporary quarantine phytosanitary measure, introduced a requirement to ensure their ...