date:Oct 22, 2013
A new antibiotic to control the kiwifruit vine disease, Psa has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority.
The antibiotic Kasumin is used as a spray on crops and contains the antibiotic kasugamycin - which has previously not been used in New Zealand.
ETEC Crop Solutions Limited applied to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) in May this year for permission to import Kasumin from Japan. The EPA's expert Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Committee approved the applicat