Chilean Parliamentarians Are Accusing Peru of a Plague of Flies in the Fruit

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The agency raised the alarm in light of a highly complex scenario facing Chilean agriculture: the country could lose its "fruit fly-free" status, an essential condition for maintaining open and competitive international markets for Chilean fruit and vegetable products. See more

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Peru’s National Agrarian Health Service denied such remarks and reaffirmed its commitment to plant protection standards

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It was discovered by the 15th that the invasive pest, the black-spotted fruit fly, had been found in Kumejima Town and Zamami Village in Okinawa Prefecture. It had been spotted in Nanjo City in the southern part of the main island, but this is the first time it has been found on a southern outlying island. It was found in one location on Kumejima and two locations on Zamami on the 3rd, both in traps used to attract and capture the pest.

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Vitamin C “to the vein”: more citrus fruits from Peru in the top of the agro-export?A new tension could arise in the bilateral trade between Peru and Chile, this time by the fruit fly. Chilean parliamentarians accuse that Peruvian fruit and vegetable products - such as grapes, lemons and oranges - would be polluting crops from northern Chile with the Ceratitis capitata pest, also known as the Mediterranean fly, one of the most harmful worldwide.…