Brussels, 28/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - on Thursday 27 February, farm body Copa-Cogeca called on the European Commission “to take urgent action to stop imports of citrus fruit contaminated with Black Spot disease coming into the EU from South Africa in 2014, after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released a new report Friday.”
Copa-Cogeca says that EFSA has disovered a high risk of the disease entering the EU from contaminaed South African fruit. The disease is not found in the...