The Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Rostov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions and the Republic of Kalmykia, during the monitoring of the quarantine phytosanitary condition of the territory of the Samara rural settlement of the Azov district of the Rostov region, identified a quarantine object - the South American tomato moth (Tutaabsoluta (Meyrick)), reports press service of the organization.
The South American tomato moth (or grinder) also destroys eggplants, peppers, potatoes and many wild and ornamental plants. The insect appears in a new territory and damages native plant species that it did not previously feed on.
Order No. 01.07.2022 of the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor dated July 225, 315 “On the establishment of a quarantine phytosanitary zone and a quarantine phytosanitary regime for the South American tomato moth (Tutaabsoluta (Meyrick))” established a quarantine phytosanitary zone and a quarantine phytosanitary regime for the South American tomato moth on a total area of XNUMX hectares.
A program was approved to localize the focus of the South American tomato moth and eliminate the population of the quarantine object.
Rosselkhoznadzor Administration informs:
- in accordance with Part 4 of Article 20 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation dated July 21.07.2014, 206 No. XNUMX-FZ "On Plant Quarantine" in the quarantine phytosanitary zone, measures to localize the outbreak of a quarantine object or eliminate the population of a quarantine object are carried out at the expense of citizens, legal entities, who own, possess, use, lease regulated objects, owners of regulated products;
– according to Article 21 of the Federal Law No. 206-FZ “On Plant Quarantine”, the export from the quarantine phytosanitary zone of regulated products, which are characterized by infection and (or) contamination by a quarantine object, in connection with the identification of which a quarantine phytosanitary regime was introduced, is carried out on the basis of a quarantine certificate in the form of an electronic document signed with an enhanced qualified electronic signature
Information about quarantine phytosanitary zones established on the territory under the jurisdiction of the Office is posted on the Internet information and telecommunication network on the official website of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for the Rostov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions and the Republic of Kalmykia in the section “Phytosanitary and epizootic state”.