Fruit fly on SA shelves sent from Victoria a wake-up call for stone fruit industry
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Investigations are underway into how the fruit slipped through biosecurity checks.
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The stone fruit industry says the detection on South Australian shelves of fruit fly in nectarines and peaches transported from Victoria is a failure of both states biosecurity systems.
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The potential failure in biosecurity is considered a wake-up call for the industry
Pest-free status already in spotlight with several fruit fly outbreaks
Summerfruit Australia chief executive Trevor Ranford said the fruit was found by consumers at Aldi, Coles, Woolworths and a produce market who then reported seeing larvae crawling inside.
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