Press Release: Plant Health: Member States endorse reinforced measures at EU level to prevent the spread of Xylella Fastidiosa

On 28 April 2015 European Union Member States experts in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF) endorsed reinforced measures, proposed by the European Commission, to prevent further introduction and spread within the European Union of Xylella Fastidiosa.

The bacterium is a quarantine organism harmful to olive trees and potentially dangerous for a broad range of other plants important for the EU agriculture, such as grapevine and citrus.

The new EU measures require Member States to notify new outbreaks in the EU, to carry out official surveys, and to promptly demarcate infested areas.

ESO: Background information: Italy resists massive destruction of olive trees http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-resists-massive-destruction-of-olive-trees/

ESO: Background information: EFSA issues urgent advice on plant bacteria Xylella fastidiosa http://www.europeansources.info/record/efsa-issues-urgent-advice-on-plant-bacteria-xylella-fastidiosa/

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