Russia: Rosselkhoznadzor prohibits the supply of stone fruits and pome fruits from New Zealand

Russia

New Zealand

Published Aug 23, 2023

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From August 22, 2023, Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor has banned the import of certain fruits from New Zealand due to the presence of moniliose rot, a fungus that causes damage to crops. The ban applies to stone fruits and pome fruits and is enforced under international plant protection conventions and Russian plant quarantine laws. The infected fruits can rot during storage, transportation, or at the end consumer, leading to significant economic losses.

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From August 22, 2023, the Rosselkhoznadzor prohibits the import of stone fruits and pome fruits (EAEU TN VED codes 0808, 0809) from New Zealand, as well as originating from this country, into Russia. moniliose rot (Monilinia fructicola (Winter) Honey). In the event of the introduction of this disease, the economic damage from crop loss and the implementation of measures to localize and eliminate foci of a quarantine object can be up to 9 billion rubles. Restrictions were introduced on the basis of Article VII of the International Plant Protection Convention (Rome, 1951, as amended in 1997) and Federal Law No. 206-FZ of July 21, 2014 "On Plant Quarantine". The causative agent of brown moniliose rot Monilinia fructicola (Winter) Honey is a fungus that causes a burn of flowers and leaves, which reduces the productivity of trees, infected fruits rot and mummify; a significant factor is a long latent period when the infection does not manifest itself. In this case, the infected fruits ...

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