The harbinger of quarantine pest was traveling to Russia from Uzbekistan with a large batch of tomatoes

Published Mar 13, 2023

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On March 6, 2023, in Orenburg, Russia, the Office of Rosselkhoznadzor successfully prevented the importation of around 16.785 tons of infested tomatoes from Uzbekistan by identifying the South American tomato moth (Tuta absoluta), a quarantine pest not currently present in the Eurasian Economic Union. This pest, which can cause up to 100% crop loss in tomatoes and significant economic damage, is primarily attracted to tomatoes but can also affect potatoes, eggplants, peppers, and weeds of the nightshade family. Since 2023's start, two types of quarantine pests have been detected in regulated products, highlighting the importance of Russia's vigilant phytosanitary control measures to protect its agricultural sector from such threats.

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This small insect terrifies all the tomato growers of the world: the invasive South American tomato moth is a quarantine object, but thanks to the vigilance of Rosselkhoznadzor employees, an attempt to import infected tomatoes from Uzbekistan to Russia was suppressed On March 6, 2023, officials of the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Orenburg region at the temporary storage warehouse "Service-Product" during the quarantine phytosanitary control of a batch of fresh tomatoes (16.785 tons) originating from Uzbekistan identified a quarantine pest that is absent on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, namely South American tomato moth (Tuta absoluta (Povolny)), the agency said. The presence of a quarantine object was confirmed by a laboratory examination conducted by specialists from the Orenburg Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor. In accordance with the requirements of the quarantine legislation of the Russian Federation, the import of products was prohibited, the ...

Source: Agroxxi