Russia bans import of tomatoes from extra Azerbaijani producers

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 22

By Fidan Babayeva – Pattern:

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance has revealed 6 new circumstances of detecting tomato moth (Tuta absoluta (Povolny)), which is a quarantine object for the Eurasian Financial Union’s member states, throughout quarantine phytosanitary management (surveillance) of Azerbaijani tomatoes, Pattern studies on Jan.22 referring to the service.

In keeping with the service, the circumstances had been detected on the non permanent storage warehouse of the Southern Customs Terminal VIADUK LLC (Republic of Dagestan), the place the tomatoes had been equipped.

As reported, the tomato producers are AQRO-FAVORIT LLC, Bina Agro CJSC, AGROTERM LLC, Khizi Agropark LLC, Mamedov Vilayat Rustam firms.

“Notifications on all of the info of detection of Tuta absoluta (Povolny) had been despatched to the Meals Security Company of Azerbaijan,” added the service.

The federal service despatched an attraction to the competent division of Azerbaijan on the necessity to instantly arrange an investigation into every case of the availability of merchandise contaminated with the tomato moth, take measures to forestall violations of worldwide and Russian phytosanitary necessities when sending regulated merchandise from Azerbaijan to Russia and cease issuing phytosanitary certificates to those tomato producers.

The service will maintain negotiations with the Azerbaijani facet within the close to future.

Presently, 33 Azerbaijani enterprises are allowed to import tomatoes into Russia. Every batch of incoming merchandise is examined for quarantine amenities within the laboratories of the Russian company.

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