Customs intercepts 31,000 quarantine pests
This newspaper, Beijing, July 25 (Reporter Ren Tao) According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 25th, in the first half of 2022, customs across the country intercepted a total of 173 kinds of quarantine pests, 31,000 times; There were 42,000 animals, with a culling rate of 21.16%. For the first time, Pseudomonas glabrata and D. persianum were intercepted from the imported seedlings.
The data shows that the customs organization implemented the national biosafety monitoring plan, monitoring 144 kinds of animal diseases and 701 kinds of harmful organisms at ports in the first half of the year.
In addition, through the "Guomen Green Shield 2022" campaign, strict entry quarantine was carried out, and 2,925 batches of live animals and plants were intercepted from channels such as passenger carry, delivery, etc. Various exotic species.
Regarding the animals, plants and their products in the countries and regions where highly pathogenic avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, and African swine fever occurred, the customs issued a total of 15 ban announcements, returned and destroyed 721 batches of substandard agricultural products, involving 34 countries (regions), effective Prevention of major animal and plant epidemic diseases such as mad cow disease, African horse sickness, highly pathogenic avian influenza, pine wood nematode, red fire ant, Mediterranean fruit fly, wheat smut, tomato brown wrinkle fruit virus, corn chlorotic mottle virus and invasive alien species were introduced through ports, protecting the production safety, ecological safety and people's health of my country's agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.