date:Apr 29, 2014
New Zealand.
Last year NZ exported 9.7m kgs of apples to China.
A voluntary stop was made to exports to China at the end of last season when rot was discovered in a several batches at the Chinese border. The 'post-harvest' rot was caused by the fungus Neofabraea alba and did not pose any food safety risk but officials had identified the fungus as a pest for plant health reasons.
One industry source said that the there were tough new protocols in place, We already have our export programs