Taiwan to ask New Zealand to lift import ban on mangoes

Published 2021년 6월 22일

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Taiwan's Council of Agriculture will request New Zealand to lift its import ban on Taiwanese mangoes, following a recent incident where a shipment was stopped due to fruit fly larvae found in lychees. The mangoes in the same shipment did not have any larvae and both fruits were treated with vapor heat. Despite this, New Zealand has suspended imports of Taiwanese mangoes and lychees treated with this method. Taiwan plans to send a letter to the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei to request the mango ban to be lifted and for other stopped mangoes to be cleared.

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Taipei, June 22 (CNA) Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) will ask the New Zealand government to lift its import ban on Taiwanese mangoes, an official said Tuesday, arguing that a problem with fruit flies in a recent shipment from Taiwan did not affect the mangoes. New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries said it held up a shipment containing Taiwanese mangoes and lychees at its border last Friday due to a problem with live fruit fly larvae, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported Tuesday. New Zealand then suspended the import of Taiwanese mangoes and lychees treated with vapor heat to kill potential insects as it investigates the situation, the RNZ report said. New Zealand authorities have also ordered subsequent shipments of the fruits to be either destroyed or sent back, according to the report. Tsou Hui-chuan (鄒慧娟), deputy director-general of Taiwan's Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), told CNA later Tuesday that the larvae were only found on ...

Source: Focustaiwan