date:Sep 23, 2021
Specimens of the potato moth were found in potatoes imported from Iran to Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijans Food Safety Agency, inspectors viewed the imported batch of potatoes weighing 118.4 tons, took its samples, and sent them to the laboratory of the Institute of Food Safety.
The testing results showed the presence of a potentially dangerous quarantine pest (Phthorimaea operculella) - potato moth caterpillars - in the batch of potatoes. Such pests are capable to completely destroy crops