18/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - Contaminated citrus fruit in South Africa. On 16 March, COPA-COGECA urged the European Commission “immediately” to put in place measures to protect against contaminated imports of citrus fruit coming in from South Africa. The Commission is called upon to act to prevent the disease from reaching Europe, and to restrict imports until it has been eradicated. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that there is a high risk of importing the highly...