Europe's cold steri orange protocol: one year on
A year ago tonnes of South African oranges were in bureaucratic limbo in European ports, arriving with documentation that had been valid upon sailing but invalid by the time it had reached Europe.
A new cold steri protocol for oranges was proclaimed with 23 days allowed for the switch-over, prompting South Africa to lodge its first ever World Trade Organisation dispute on the
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