Brussels, 11/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - Italy has failed to put in place fully the Community measures to combat the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium that is decimating olive trees in the south of the country, says the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in a report published on Wednesday 9 September.
The measures put in place hitherto by Italy to tackle the bacterium have clearly been insufficient to prevent the rapid spread of Xylella fastidiosa within the demarcated zone and “in the absence of...