The Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s agricultural quarantine offices inspected 6,546 imported agricultural consignments, including plant products, in August across the different customs points, reported GulfTimes.
The quarantine offices destroyed 59 shipments that weigh more than 64 tonnes for violating the agricultural quarantine law and for certain damages.
The agricultural quarantine is the first line of defence for protection from agricultural infections. The preventive procedure aims to protect the country’s agricultural wealth from foreign-originated pests.
It likewise gives that all plants, agricultural products andsome other materials will be subject to phytosanitary regulations to ensure that they are in conformity with the conditions and specifications.
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