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Rosselkhoznadzor blocks 8 tonnes of Turkish thyme containing dodder seeds
Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import through the port of St Petersburg of an eight-tonne shipment of dried thyme from Türkiye after seeds of the quarantine weed dodder were found in the product.
Inspectors from the Northwestern Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor found seeds of the dangerous weed dodder in eight tonnes of dried thyme from Türkiye during an inspection at the port of St Petersburg, the agency said.
The product was sent for laboratory testing at the Northwestern branch of the FSBI VNIIZh to confirm the suspicion. Experts confirmed that the shipment was contaminated.
Dodder is a parasitic plant that twines around and suffocates other plants, destroys crops and spreads viruses. Hay contaminated with it rots and can cause illness in livestock. The import of such products into Russia is prohibited, so the shipment, along with the quarantine plant, was turned back.
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