23 Aug 2024
NZ biosecurity has met with Australian counterparts
The industry group representing New Zealand growers has called for a total ban on Australian tomatoes. Tomatoes NZ said if the Tomato Brown Rugose virus gets across our borders it could descimate 80% of local crops. Australia has had its first cases of the extremely infectious virus on two properties on South Australia. MPI paused some Australian tomatoes imports but is still allowing them to come from Queensland, that's believed to be virus free, Deputy director-general of Biosecurity New Zealand Stuart Anderson speaks to Lisa Owen.