main
President
Regional Government
Citizen Space
Business Space
About Azores
  news Legislation Schedule Communities Contacts Portal Map Links Help
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA
See in: entities  categories
 

Administration
Agriculture and Forestry
Business Relations with the Regional Government
Civil Protection
Closing a company
Communities
Culture
Economical Inspection
Education
Elections
Employment
Energy
Environment
Financing and Incentives
Fisheries
Health
Housing and Infrastructures
Human Resource Management
Importing/Exporting
Industry
Inovation, Reserach and Development and Technology
Law, Regulations
Legislation
Leisure_and_Utilities
Rights
Science and Technology
Social Security
Sport
Starting a company
Statistics and Indicators
Statistics
Taxes
Tourism
Trade
Transports
Youth

 
Media
      

Get News of the Government by RSS - click here
Know more about RSS ...

 

Santa Cruz das Flores ,  September 03, 2020

Regional Government reinforces phytosanitary control against threat of allegedly contaminated Asian seeds entering the Azores

The Regional Director for Agriculture stated that phytosanitary control has been reinforced in the Azores to prevent the unwanted entry of allegedly contaminated seeds from Asian countries, guaranteeing that no cases have yet been reported to the competent authorities in the Region.
 
“In view of the warning issued this week by the Ministry of Agriculture regarding the delivery of unsolicited Asian seed packages, via postal services, the Regional Government has decided to reinforce phytosanitary control in the Region as a precautionary measure," said José Élio Ventura. In this context, the government official urged farmers or any other citizen to immediately contact the Regional Plant Health Laboratory in the event of receiving should they receive suspicious mail. 

The Regional Director stressed that compliance with the Phytosanitary Prospecting Plan for Harmful Organisms in the Autonomous Region of the Azores is of paramount importance for maintaining the status of a protected zone regarding some pests, diseases and invasive plants existing outside the archipelago. Additionally, it contributes to the rapid monitoring and identification of new harmful organisms that, if established, will pose a threat to agricultural and forestry crops in the archipelago. 

“It is important to highlight that we have set up a tight control network on the ground in coordination between the technicians of the Regional Plant Health Laboratory, postal services and the customs posts, so as to control products from third countries entering the Azores. In the event of suspicious situations arising from the improper introduction of seeds, plants or other plant products, we will be able to take action immediately and proactively," said José Élio Ventura.


GaCS/RM
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Official government press-releases presented in all foreign languages interfaces of the Azorean Government Portal (Portal do Governo dos Açores) are a sub-set of the government's official press-releases daily output and are chosen for translation and publication on the foreign language interfaces based on audience segmentation criteria. The entire collection of the Azorean government press-releases is available in portuguese, here, from the GACS Press Office site.

 
   Print   Send Send News   GaCS GaCS Site   Regional Press Regional Press   rss  
     

Last News

Search
 
Where?
Advanced Search >>
 
 



 
 

This e-mail address is at your disposal for you to place your questions to the Regional Government of the Azores.
Ask the Government!

 

Health Ombudsman
  
Listen to this Page LISTEN
Go to top of page TOP
help HELP
Versão PortuguesaMUDAR LÍNGUA

 
Símbol of Acessibilidade on Web
main | President | Regional Government | Citizen Space | Business Space | About Azores | My Site