In the seaport, employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor discovered a quarantine object in a large batch of potatoes.
A live caterpillar of a potato moth was found in a cargo weighing 137,5 tons, arrived by sea. The presence of a quarantine pest confirmed the conclusion of the Krasnodar interregional veterinary laboratory.
All cargo was returned to the sender, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor department in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea reports.
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