A quarantine pest was detected by the Kabardino-Balkaria regional department of the Center for Safety and Quality Assessment of Agro-Industrial Complex Products (CQAPA) of Russia in a large batch of pomegranates imported from Azerbaijan to Russia, the CQAPA press service told TASS.

During entomological examinations of fresh pomegranates sampled from a batch with a total weight of 18,800 tons, specialists of the aforesaid regional department detected a quarantine pest: the eastern fruit fly. The product was imported from Azerbaijan.

Information about the detected violations was sent to Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision.

This pest is a subject of strict quarantine.