Senasa Argentina opens registrations for the export of fresh plums, pomegranates, and blueberries from Mendoza to Brazil

Registration in the Integrated System of Risk Mitigation Measures (SMR) is open until August 31 for producers, packers and exporters from Mendoza who wish to export their fresh pomegranate, plum and/or blueberry productions to Brazil, reported the National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa). According to the National Program for the Prevention and Eradication of the Lobesia botrana plague (PNPyE Lb), the SMR is an opportunity for those who comply with the established phytosanitary requirements to choose not to apply methyl bromide prior to the export of the product. fruit. In this sense, producers, packaging and refrigerators that wish to export to Brazil must register the productive establishment with Senasa, inform the varieties to be sent, carry out phytosanitary management of the pest on their farm and guarantee the traceability of the fruit in all stages of production until discharge. The documentation required for the application to the SMR (see at the end of the ...