Site agreed for new Chilean inspection centre for grapes
The site for a new phytosanitary inspection centre for table grapes that will allow Chilean exporters to ship to the US under a Systems Approach has been agreed.
Following a round of meetings between Asoex and local producers, it has been agreed that the facility will be located at Unifrutti’s plant in Atacama.
Asoex said meetings were also held with representatives of the regional government to review the progress of the financing programme for the new inspection facility, and with plant health authority SAG to discuss the response to a recent fruit fly outbreak.
“Asoex’s visit was super productive. I have made tremendous progress towards complying with the Systems Approach,” said Mario Holvoet, president of the Association of Agricultural Producers and Exporters of the Copiapó Valley (Apeco).
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