EU warns five items for herbs (basil, peppers, celery, melon and coriander) alone, this would not have banned all vegetables and fruits of VN.
* All 3 shipments herbs insects were found to belong to one DN

Talking to NNVN, Mr. Hoang Trung (pictured), Deputy Director confirmed PPD, PPD procedures only suspended for 5 export spices export quantity which is extremely small, and no matter fruits and vegetables are at risk VN EU banned imports.


Sir, have warned EU banned imports of vegetables from VN if it detects another 2 shipments violating food safety and hygiene? Why is that possible?

Recently, the EU announced for PPD since the beginning of 2014 to now, they have discovered three shipments of VN herbs infestations of these pests, most of them are infected fruit fly.

Specifically, they found that there are five herbs including basil, peppers, celery, bitter gourd (bitter melon) and coriander were found to be infected insects. As a rule, they discovered that if two shipments of five spices above the VN was found to be infected insects will prohibit the import into the EU 5 vegetables.

As such, they only warned for 5 herbs this item alone, this would not have banned all vegetables and fruits of VN. Please say more, just south of the current 2-3 business qualifies Manufacturing spices to export to the EU, so the number of enterprises and the export turnover is very little in the total amount of fruit and vegetables export to the EU.

Often each export shipment to the EU, they export only a "bundled" according 20-30kg herbs. However, to protect the long-term goals to keep the export market, we were required to halt the export procedures for the next 5 days vegetables on 02/01/2015. And again, all the other vegetables will export normal.

So what vegetable exports to the EU VN infection is not harmful to health?

As mentioned, the EU said it only detected 3 shipments herbs infected insects, most of the fruit fly.

We all know that in a tropical country like VN, fruit flies is a very common insect, but in temperate countries such as the EU, it is subject to control. PPD has more time to propose to the EU that the fruit flies are insects in the tropics normal and harmless, while recommending them progressively dismantle the control of this insect.

In summary, our vegetable exports to the EU do not infested harmful to health, just alone infected insects.

So many exporters of spices the EU were not detected violations sir?

As mentioned, herbs items are only 2-3 companies in southern SX eligible to export items to the EU request pest control and food safety of PPD.

Please specify, in all 3 shipments herbs insects were found from early this year, then all three belong to a single enterprise (Company Limited's UK Manufacturing Trade, 42/3 hamlets 4 , Xuan Thoi Thuong commune, Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City).

PPD confirms, for vegetables, fruits export to EU was normal (except 5 spices to suspend)

After being warned EU, we have worked and this company accountability requirements, they acknowledge: When the quarantine offices quarantine procedures done, in the process giving the airport, they were deliberately added in an amount yet to be quarantine other vegetables to increase the number of shipments.

The most recent batch of EU enterprises were the violation is detected on 17.08.2014. We require units of PPD southern strengthen control measures not only for this company, if discovered additional violations will permanently ban exports.

Please say more, apart from the application of cultivation processes prescribed by the Plant Protection Department, the processing of these insects is also very simple, but nothing is difficult. Just harvested washed clean, dry as possible and remove all insects, just as businesses do business by mercenary type offspring only.

The companies said that just because some companies pause export violations for all other businesses, including businesses do not violate this term is like "tangerine as doomed"?

To admonish and warn other businesses away grab style similar business, PPD has decided to suspend the export of 5 spices mentioned.

By knowing somewhere in the rest of the businesses, they are also violations such fraud, nothing less detectable only. Currently quarantine offices only source control from the SX to quarantine, quarantine was completed, giving the airport they intentionally added to products outside the quarantine and how can we control?

What is crucial, though the number of herbs we export to the EU only accounts for very small compared to other vegetable items, but open to negotiation and is a product exports to the EU is extremely difficult difficult, therefore, the decision to suspend PPD for 5 vegetable export risk is entirely reasonable.

This is in accordance with the provisions of the current law on plant quarantine, but the Department did not make a mistake. We can not take a few more export shipment, then just stick another 2 shipments violated and have lost an entire market.

On the EU side, PPD also sent them text reports of increased control measures as stated, and they are gaining public support. After the date 01/02/2015, we will re-export license back to normal for 5 these spices.


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