date:Nov 06, 2020
r. Now, Brazil -which had the highest number of interceptions in October- has become the country of origin with the most interceptions.
Brazil went from 1 interception in all of 2019 to 13 so far this year, 9 of which took place in October. Eight of these rejections were due to the Phyllosctita citricarpa fungus that causes the dreaded black spot, and one because of the Xanthomonas bacteria or false moth. In October the EU also detections pests in 2 shipments from South Africa and China (Phyllo