Fruit ban ‘not needed’
PA Wellington A complete ban on fruit imported from California and Florida to guard against the introduction of fruit fly was not necessary, said the Minister of Agriculture (Mr Maclntyre) yesterday. However, voluntary measures to ensure the quality of imported grapes and to guarantee that fruit-fly larvae had been killed were now formal conditions for an import permit for grapes from these states. A close watch was being maintained in case more stringent action became necessary. There was no justification on biological grounds for banning fruit imports from other areas of the United States.
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Press, 3 September 1981, Page 4
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