22 tons of Turkish tomatoes infected with a quarantine organism were not allowed for sale on the Ukrainian market. On May 23 of this year, a quarantine organism, a South American tomato moth (Tuta absoluta Meyr), was detected in a cargo of foreign vegetables in the Cherkasy region.
Specialists of the state inspection during phytosanitary control of regulatory objects in PFK Umansky in the territory of Cherkasy region found a dangerous pest in tomatoes from Turkey.
As phytosanitary measures, the infected vegetables were returned to the sending country - Turkey. To prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, Turkey will be sent documents on the non-compliance of the cargo with phytosanitary requirements of Ukraine.
For information, tomato moth is considered a very dangerous quarantine insect around the world. Under acceptable climatic conditions and in the absence of natural entomophages, it can damage 100% of the tomato crop.
The system of strict measures to suppress the spread of this quarantine organism at the moment cannot provide complete safety against the pest.
He succeeds, along with infected solanaceous crops, to safely cross borders and capture new lands. Tomato Moth comes from South America. It took her 5 centuries to get to Europe.
