date:Sep 25, 2018
Biosecurity New Zealand is working with Potatoes New Zealand to respond to a detection of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in potato tubers in Canterbury.
Incident controller, David Yard, says PMTV is not a food safety issue.
Potato mop-top virus is a crop disease which, if found to be wide-spread, could cause some productivity issues for growers.
It is a notifiable and unwanted organism in New Zealand under the Biosecurity Act.
Mr Yard says to date, potato tubers from two properties in the Canterb