A total of 61 tons of onions and peaches were returned to the exporting country after failing phytosanitary and food safety inspections at the Georgia-Armenia border, the Revenue Service says.
The agency reported that customs officials stopped three trucks carrying 24,300 kilograms of onions and 36,407 kilograms of peaches at the Red Bridge and Sadakhlo road border crossings.
During border quarantine inspections, specialists from the Customs Department’s Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Control Division found that a large portion of the produce was damaged and did not meet Georgia’s phytosanitary and food safety requirements.
Under Georgian Government Resolution No. 463 of September 20, 2019, the shipment was returned to the exporting country, the Revenue Service said.
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