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Russia’s plant and animal health watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor is reporting an increase in the number ‘quarantinable objects’ being found in imports of plant products from Turkiye, as well as shipments of unsafe fruit and vegetables.
There have been 184 cases of quarantinable objects being found in imports of citrus fruit, peppers, tomatoes, squash and pears from Turkiye since the beginning of this year. Rosselkhoznadzor said “Such violations can indicate that the Turkish system to ensure the phytosanitary safety of products shipped to Russia is insufficiently effective.”
Rosselkhoznadzor said that the safety of plant product imports from Turkiye was monitored for residual content of active pesticide ingredients and nitrates from last year. Of the 1,664 shipments of Turkish goods tested, 104 or 6.25% did not meet Russian standards. The highest rates of noncompliance found were 23.42% in grapes, 21.28% in squash, 15.51% in cherries and 11.59% in apples. In a number of cases, maximum allowable levels of residual pesticides were exceeded by almost 25 times.
Rosselkhoznadzor has said that it has informed the Turkish side about all cases and asked it to conduct an official investigation into all instances and take urgent corrective measures. Rosselkhoznadzor urged Russian importers to be more careful in selecting Turkish exporters.
Turkiye is Russia’s largest supplier of fruit and vegetable products, shipping 1.2 million-1.5 million tonnes annually, which amounts to about 13% of total Russian imports.
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