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18 March 2021 - Media Release - Fresh Plaza

The Riverland's fruit fly free status could be at risk following two new outbreaks of Queensland fruit fly in the region. This event has extended fruit movement restrictions across the outbreak zone until at least November 2021.

At this point in time, South Australia is the only mainland Australian state that is classed as fruit fly free; Riverland is identified as having a special pest free status within that zone.

Member for Chaffey Tim Whetstone confirmed the Riverland's fruit fly free status is still solid, despite five outbreak zones in the fruit bowl region, including the two new ones announced yesterday. One is at Berri, where maggots were found in a resident's home grown fruit, and one at Pike River, where flies were found in a commercial consignment which originated from the area.

Backyard fruit trees might be stripped
Whetstone said he was concerned about losing the region's status as the problem keeps getting worse. What is problematic is that the majority of detections were coming from people's backyards, rather than commercial orchards.

"The only way to keep our status is to be more proactive. It's going to add extra cost, there's no doubt about that," he said. "I'm meeting with the minister this morning. We are going to consider stripping people's backyard trees for the good of the region. It's a bit of short term pain, but for our commercial reputation, for the Riverland's reputation, we are going to have to do some hard decision making."

Source: abc.net.au


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