date:Sep 26, 2013
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) said the fungus, which can rot fruit after harvesting, had been discovered in three consignments of apples sent to China, which regarded it as a threat to plant health in that country.
It said the fungus, which was limited to those shipments, posed no threat to food safety and had been tracked down to a small number of growing and packing sites, which China had asked be suspended from exporting.
(The New Zealand) Industry has informed us that in respons