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GEORGIA TO RETURN OVER 470 THOUSAND KG OF POTATOES TO ARMENIA
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http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/11/01/potatoes-virus/
Friday,
November
01
Georgia will return over 470 thousand kg of potatoes to Armenia.
According to the Revenue Service of Georgian Finance Ministry, during
the primary inspection of a cargo at the Sadakhlo checkpoint, signs
of potato contamination with brown rot and E Synchytrium endobioticum
microorganisms were revealed, Rosbalt new agency reported.
Potato samples were sent to a special laboratory for testing. As a
result, contamination of 114,500 kg of potato with brown rot disease
was confirmed, while samples of remaining 356,200 kg are still being
examined.
The correspondent of Aysor.am asked the State Food Safety Service
(SFSS) of Agriculture Ministry to provide an explanation.
‘The cargo underwent a check at the Armenian checkpoint, but
no suspicious microorganisms were found on potatoes,” SFSS
spokeswoman Armine Sukiasian said, adding that the information about
sending samples for testing is doubtful. In her words, the information
does not correspond to reality.
“The head of the SFSS went to Georgia on Tuesday to find out
what happened. He will meet with representatives of the respective
structure to discuss the problem,” she noted.
Cases of potato contamination with Synchytrium endobioticum were
recorded in Krasnoselsk village of Gegharkunik province, but potatoes
were not exported from that village to Georgia, Armine Sukiasian said.
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/11/01/potatoes-virus/
Friday,
November
01
Georgia will return over 470 thousand kg of potatoes to Armenia.
According to the Revenue Service of Georgian Finance Ministry, during
the primary inspection of a cargo at the Sadakhlo checkpoint, signs
of potato contamination with brown rot and E Synchytrium endobioticum
microorganisms were revealed, Rosbalt new agency reported.
Potato samples were sent to a special laboratory for testing. As a
result, contamination of 114,500 kg of potato with brown rot disease
was confirmed, while samples of remaining 356,200 kg are still being
examined.
The correspondent of Aysor.am asked the State Food Safety Service
(SFSS) of Agriculture Ministry to provide an explanation.
‘The cargo underwent a check at the Armenian checkpoint, but
no suspicious microorganisms were found on potatoes,” SFSS
spokeswoman Armine Sukiasian said, adding that the information about
sending samples for testing is doubtful. In her words, the information
does not correspond to reality.
“The head of the SFSS went to Georgia on Tuesday to find out
what happened. He will meet with representatives of the respective
structure to discuss the problem,” she noted.
Cases of potato contamination with Synchytrium endobioticum were
recorded in Krasnoselsk village of Gegharkunik province, but potatoes
were not exported from that village to Georgia, Armine Sukiasian said.