Apples from New Zealand touched by fruit fly moth
New Zealand
Thursday 07 June 2007
Not for the first time since 20 years larvae of fruit fly have been discovered in apples exported from New Zealand. These fruit were going to be sold in Taiwan, where fruit fly isn't known.
In New Zealand the strict sanitary measures are taken to guarantee a premium quality of fresh produce and to fight against fruit insects in orchards, while the products are packed, in warehouses and in the final stage when fruit are prepared to export.
Thanks to strict surveillance, export apples fulfill high quality requirements. When fruit fly moth has been discovered, proper tests have been carried out and there has been stated from which place infected fruit originated.
Apples from this orchard won't be allowed to export to Taiwan until the end of this year.
In New Zealand the strict sanitary measures are taken to guarantee a premium quality of fresh produce and to fight against fruit insects in orchards, while the products are packed, in warehouses and in the final stage when fruit are prepared to export.
Thanks to strict surveillance, export apples fulfill high quality requirements. When fruit fly moth has been discovered, proper tests have been carried out and there has been stated from which place infected fruit originated.
Apples from this orchard won't be allowed to export to Taiwan until the end of this year.