date:Apr 25, 2014
effective phytosanitary controls, Pekonen wrote. Copa-Cogeca is therefore highly concerned that the proposed control system will once again fail to function properly.
A March proposal by the EU to inspect fruit for the fresh produce market at packaging stations provides a derogation for fruit thats earmarked for processing, which accounts for 10 percent of imports, according to Copa-Cogeca.
Copa-Cogeca regrets the checks dont apply for processing fruit, and said the ban on imports upon detecti