Mediterranean fruit fly detected in orange shipments from Egypt arrived at Russia's Novorossiysk Port
At the Novorossiysk port in Russia, authorities have uncovered the presence of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) in shipments of oranges, that arrived from Egypt. This discovery occurred during the quarantine phytosanitary control conducted by specialists from the Southern Interregional Administration of the Federal Service Rosselkhoznadzor on February 5th and 8th.
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