Russia: Shipment of lettuce destroyed as western flower thrip was identified
The Primorsky Interregional Department of Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import of a batch of fresh lettuce, a quarantine pest for the EAEU was identified.
According to the test protocol dated May 26, 2023, in a batch of lettuce with a total weight of 0.6 tons, a pest quarantined for the EAEU - western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande) was detected in a shipment
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