About 20 tonnes of Moldovan plums were stopped for phytosanitary checks at the Krupets customs post in Russia’s Kursk region. As a result, the Russian sanitary inspectors decided to ban the import of the plums, IPN reports.

According to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia “Rosselkhoznadzor”, the plums were to be delivered to a business entity in Krasnodar region. The sanitary inspectors found the Oriental fruit month in an active state in the consignment.

Earlier, director general of the National Food Safety Agency Gheorghe Gaberi stated for IPN that it is normal for some of the fruits to contain pests. The consignments of plums that were returned from Russia until now because they contained the Oriental fruit moth, which is a quarantine object on the territory of this state, have been examined in Moldova and no irregularities were identified in them.