During the quarantine phytosanitary control at the Central Customs Clearance Point, a batch of fresh peaches weighing 2.58 tons was inspected. The shipment was delivered by road from the Yangiyul district of the Tashkent region of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan clarifies.
Fruit samples were selected and sent for examination to the Aktobe zonal quarantine laboratory, which confirmed the presence of oriental fruitworm, EastFruit reports
In order to prevent the spread of the quarantine organism, timely measures were taken to isolate and destroy infected products.
