date:Apr 30, 2013
Over a decade after being banned in the US market, Egyptian citrus may be able to re-enter it. The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed a pest treatment program for the import of Egyptian fresh oranges and tangerines, which includes mandarins and clementines.
US authorities prohibited the import of citrus from the Middle East in 2002 due to the presence of the peach fruit fly (Bactrocera zonata), because of which the Egyptian National Organisation for Phytosanitary Pro