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EU requires cold treatment for imported oranges
Belgium
Wednesday 29 June 2022
FJ
The EU modifies its requirements and makes cold treatment mandatory for oranges imported from third countries where FCM is present (source: engineeringnews.co.za).
The SCoPAFF committee modified the European requirements and approved the obligation of a 'cold treatment' for oranges imported from third countries where the False codling moth (FCM-False codling moth/Thaumatotibia leukotreta) is present, such as South Africa South and Zimbabwe.
SCoPAFF (Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed) has just approved mandatory 'cold treatment' for oranges imported from African countries where the presence of False codling moth (FCM-False codling moth/Thaumatotibia leukotreta) has been reported, such as South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This decision leads to temporary directives for the current campaign and other directives from 2023:
. 2022 campaign: for oranges from South Africa and Zimbabwe, the EU requires pre-cooling at 5°C at the port of departure and treatment in transit between -1°C and 2°C for 25 days .
. in 2023: after pre-cooling at 0°C and 2°C, there will be 2 options, either cold treatment between -1°C and 0°C for 16 days, or cold treatment between -1° C and 2°C for 20 days.
This modification of the requirements will be the subject of a publication in the Official Journal of the European Union which will determine the official date of entry into force.
soruce : foodsafetyafrica.net, agra.fr
