Costa Rica has updated the mandatory phytosanitary measures for imports, while in Guatemala protocols are being implemented in the fields where the fruit is harvested, because of the threat of Fusarium R4T disease.
Faced with these threats, the Costa Rican State Phytosanitary System (SFE) decided to update the mandatory measures for the import of articles that may be a route of transmission of the fungus.
Elobservador.cr notes that "... the ELA will redouble its efforts in monitoring the entry of plants, fresh and dried parts of plants of the Musaceae family, as well as soil and organic growth media. Also, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) asked those who enter the country, either by air or land, not to enter seeds or plants.”
The article adds that "... To the list of products that the authorities ask to avoid are souvenirs or objects made of plant fibers, such as hats, baskets or handbags."
Guatemala is also acting to prevent the entry of the fungus. Prensalibre.com explains that "... The first simulation to evaluate the capacity to respond, manage and control possible outbreaks of Fusarium was conducted in a farm in Los Amates, Izabal, which is one of the places where fruit is planted mainly for export.”
"... On the South Coast side, simulations were also scheduled between the Maga and the producers in the area of Tiquisate, Escuintla, for September. Izabal's port authorities confirmed that the fumigation of containers in the ports was also reinforced and the phytosanitary controls of all vegetable merchandise subject to import were updated," the article states.
The Costa Rican government and producers signed an agreement that establishes that any government agency may request resources to carry out national and international activities to prevent or combat any pest that affects banana crops.
Following Panama's decision, the phytosanitary authorities in Guatemala and Costa Rica restricted the entry of banana and plantain-derived materials from any country because of the alert for the pest known as "wilt for fusarium.”
In the case of Guatemala, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA) reported that as part of the protection and preservation of the regional agricultural heritage, the Guatemalan population and national banana and plantain producers were informed that Guatemala had activated prevention and warning measures to prevent the threat of Fusarium Oxysporum race 4 disease.
Because of the suspected presence of the pest known as "fusarium wilt" in Colombia, authorities in Panama banned the entry of materials derived from plantains and bananas from any country.
The government reinforced quarantine control measures at airports, ports and borders, and categorically prohibited the entry into the country of any plantain or banana material suspected of carrying the fungus, according to the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA).
Because of the suspicion that exists in Colombia about the presence of the pest known as "wilt by fusarium", an alert was issued in the countries of Central America.
The International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), reported that because of the suspicion of the fungus in Colombia, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) issued a resolution on June 25, which declares in phytosanitary quarantine the farm Don Marce, located in the municipality of Riohacha in the department of La Guajira, for the presence of symptoms associated with the pest Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 tropical.
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