AGRICULTURE NEWS - The South African berry producers’ association, Berries ZA, will have to conduct an investigation after a shipment of South African blueberries was seized in the Netherlands in the week of 26 October, according to Elzette Schutte, the association’s manager.
Dutch custom officials confiscated a container with 20 pallets of 3kg bulk cartons of premium blueberry fruit in the Port of Rotterdam, which was reportedly earmarked for distribution and sale in the EU without the authority of the Australian plant breeder.
The fruit was produced by Rossberries and exported from South Africa without permission of the blueberry variety rights holder, United Exports Group, according to Jon Salters, CEO of United Exports Group South Africa.
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