
South Africa to appeal against new EU citrus rules
CGA’s Justin Chadwick said cold treatment requirement is unnecessary, unjustified and disproportionate.
The South African citrus industry is scrambling to avert disruptions in its citrus exports to the European Union due to changes in regulations governing the importation of oranges into the EU.
The new regulations, which deal specifically with orange imports from South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries, were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Tuesday and will come into force today.