Illustration of a tomato crop in a greenhouse. - S. Salom Gomis / SIPA

Isolate the affected tomato plants before destroying them "incessantly". The Savéol cooperative, to which the Finistère producer affected by the tomato-virus belongs, has unveiled its action plan to fight against ToBRFV. “He is a producer from our cooperative. It fell on us, it could have fallen elsewhere, "said Tuesday Pierre-Yves Jestin, president of Savéol, at the Paris Agricultural Show.

The offending plants come from the United Kingdom and come from seeds produced in the Netherlands. Three other farms, of which it is unclear which cooperative they are affiliated, have received the same type of plants and are currently the subject of samples as part of the traceability survey, said the Ministry of Agriculture. The analyzes are still in progress, according to the Health Security Agency (ANSES), which had launched an alert two weeks before the confirmation of the first case.

A formidable but harmless virus for humans

“The situation is under control today, (…) we are really working in concert with the services of the Directorate General for Food of the Ministry of Agriculture. Every day we move forward, we exchange, we are lucky to be a cooperative, with values ​​of solidarity, ”added Pierre-Yves Jestin. The boss of Savéol assured that the cooperative is by the side of the affected producer: “We comfort him, the cooperative will not give up on him. We are working to find a solution "to support it" on the financial side, "he added.

#Brittany "We must not fall into a psychosis". The #ToBRFV tomato virus shakes producers. Who are trying to reassure consumers ... https://t.co/wfyITvnNGx @ 20Minutes #tomate pic.twitter.com/erB1VIxKRZ

- Camille Allain (@CamiAllain) February 19, 2020

According to ANSES, the tomato-virus can infect up to 100% of plants on a production site, which makes it formidable for crops with high planting density such as greenhouse crops. However, it has no impact on humans.

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