APAL demands Australia prioritise Australian food security

October 28 2020 - 6:00pm
Reliable supplies of safe, clean, high-quality apples are available year-round from growing regions across Australia, and we already produce most of world's most popular apple varieties.
Reliable supplies of safe, clean, high-quality apples are available year-round from growing regions across Australia, and we already produce most of world's most popular apple varieties.

Australia's peak apple and pear body, APAL, is urging the Australian apple and pear industry and Australian agricultural producers to have their say on proposed arrangements to enable the import of fresh apples from the USA's Pacific Northwest regions into Australia - and with them the risk of introducing at least 24 foreign pests and diseases into Australia.

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