Peru: Senasa approved phytosanitary requirements to import apples from Brazil

A Directorial Resolution has been published in Peru requiring that apples exported from Brazil to Peru be inspected and found to be free from several pests and mites. The fruits must also undergo pre-shipment cold treatment, with the start date, temperature, and exposure period indicated. Additionally, the container seal number is to be entered for the shipment to be permitted.

The measure was made official through Directorial Resolution No. D000039-2024-Midagri-Senasa-DSV, published on November 21 in the Legal Standards bulletin of the official newspaper El Peruano, which states that the shipment must be as follows: The fruits have been inspected and comply with the Work Plan for the export of fresh apple fruit from Brazil to Peru and are free of: Anastrepha fraterculus, Ceratitis capitata, Grapholita molesta, Parlatoria oleae, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Aculus schlechtendali and Pseudococcus comstocki. Likewise, the fruits ...