ArmInfo. Russian agriculture supervision allowed the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation of tomatoes and cucumbers from Armenia after the insect pests were identified in the lots of these vegetables, RIA Novosti reported citing the Russian department.
The service informs that in May of the current year, Russian agriculture supervision employees strengthened control on production, coming from Armenia via Upper Lars checkpoint (Southern Ossettia).
"When delivering quarantine products from Armenia to Russia, accompanied by phytosanitary certificates issued by the State Food Safety Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, seven cases of detection of two types of quarantine for Russia objects were detected from May 3 to 9, 2018: tomato miner moth on tomatoes and western (Californian) flower thrips on cucumbers, "- said the agency.
The products were returned to the exporter. The State Food Safety Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Armenia sent notifications on violations of phytosanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union with the requirement to conduct an official investigation and take measures to prevent such cases.
"In case of continued receipt of quarantine products, including the presence of not quarantined organisms not notified to the Republic of Armenia, Russian agriculture supervision will be forced to impose temporary restrictions on quarantine products exported to the territory of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Armenia," the Russian service concludes.
