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In a bid to stave off false coddling moth infestation, the EU’s standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed has last month slapped the industry with additional cold-storage requirements.
Refilwe Moloto spoke to the Citrus Growers Association's Special Envoy to the EU for Market Access, Deon Joubert, about how a deal has been struck to save SA citrus from rotting in European Union ports after new import laws prevented them from being offloaded.
South Africa’s citrus association says it hopes the European Union will clear hundreds of containers of produce detained at European ports ‘in coming days’.