General Administration of Customs: Customs intercepted 427 batches of 204 species of alien species in January

　　China News Service, February 27. According to the WeChat official account of the General Administration of Customs, the General Administration of Customs announced today that in January, the customs intercepted 427 batches of 204 species of alien species in passenger and postal channels.

For the first time, foreign species such as bell-horned frog, African spotted locust, Spanish sage, and white sage were intercepted.

　　In January, the customs strengthened source control, organized experts to conduct video inspections on overseas fruit exporting companies, and cancelled the qualifications of 27 companies exporting to China.

Port quarantine was further tightened. A total of 125 species of harmful organisms were intercepted and 4384 times were intercepted at ports across the country. The number of interceptions increased by 25.26% year-on-year, and 65 notifications of violations were issued to foreign parties.

Wheat streak mosaic virus and rape stem basal canker were detected from 8 batches of wheat and rapeseed, and important quarantine pests Prunus necrotic ring spot virus and plum pox virus were detected from 7 batches of imported cherries. As for handling measures, foreign parties are urged to investigate the reasons, take improvement measures, and revoke the qualifications of exporting to China from 7 orchards and 5 packaging plants.

36 batches of unqualified agricultural products were returned and destroyed, involving 11 countries (regions).

　　At the same time, the customs strictly prevented the import of animal diseases. In January, 7,508 large and medium animals were eliminated from overseas pre-inspection, a year-on-year increase of 74.4%.

Continue to strengthen the prevention and control of major animal and plant epidemics such as African swine fever, highly pathogenic avian influenza, desert locust, etc., pay close attention to 481 African swine fever in 8 countries, 395 highly pathogenic avian influenza in 19 countries, and 5 UN The Desert Locust epidemic status released by FAO.

The United Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued 5 ban announcements.