Ban lifted on longan fruit to China over mealybugs

[Thaiger]

After a ban implemented on August 13, China has now agreed to let longan fruit exports back into their country. The ban from last week was the result of mealybugs being found to have contaminated longan shipments from Thailand. The Commerce Ministry confirmed that the Chinese government has now allowed 56 specific sorting and packaging facilities to export to China based on their record of low infestations of mealybugs or other pests. The infestation issue had been ongoing since March when the first 9 companies had been originally banned over similar issues. In total 75 longan processing and exporting facilities […]

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[D2B2]

Well that may explain the latest order of vast quantities of Sinovac this week

[Poolie]

2 minutes ago, D2B2 said:

Well that may explain the latest order of vast quantities of Sinovac this week

Yes of course. Obviously that's how international trade works.

'We'll swap a bunch of fruit for a pallet of vaccine. Done! Bugger the infection rates.'

 

[KaptainRob]

Might also have something to do with Chinese part-ownership of many processing plants in our region.

[Preston]

I read a report somewhere about corona virus found on imported durians.  What if they later say it’s been found on longans, too?

[HolyCowCm]

And maybe on second thought the bugs were actually thought of as a free bonus being a delicacy.