Citrus from the country, which represent about a third of the EU’s imports, will be subject to more stringent checks to prevent citrus black-spot disease spreading to fruit in the bloc, the European Commission, the EU’s administrative arm said last week. CBS is a fungal disease, which isn’t contagious for people, that causes high losses to fruit production, it said.

The Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa said it will adhere to the necessary measures in the “short term” while seeking a “long term” resolution for the R8 billion foreign currency earner.

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