The government of Shanghai, China destroyed a total of 60.34 tons of bananas imported from the Philippines on Friday after found to be infected with a certain disease.

According to China Daily, the said fruit from the Southeast Asian country was discovered to contain Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley that reportedly destroys fruits and vegetables during planting and while growing.

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Considering such move by the Shanghai quarantine authorities, the Philippines lost $37,000 from the 4,642 cartons of bananas packed in two batches.

In the meantime, People's Daily reported that the imports were burned on site by the Shanghai, China's entry-exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Pudong following the discovery of pineapple mealybugs in the Philippine bananas. Thus, the fruit's value has been lowered.

As explained, this particular kind of disease affects the fruit by damaging its skin causing it to discolor or get rotten, while living on the surface of the plant. Once the plant gets affected, it weakens and becomes more susceptible to other pests and diseases. If this continues, the farmer or producer of such plant may have to face the risk of high losses.

Based on the new site's gathered data, the incident on Friday was already the second time in three weeks that China destroyed Philippines bananas.

It can be recalled that on March 27, Chinese officials also destroyed $33,000 worth of banana shipment from the Philippines after the customs office in the Shenzhen Port discovered that they contained more than the allowable limit of carbendazim, a kind of pesticide. It can be noted that the "maximum residue limits for pesticides in food standards" is only pegged at 0.1mg /kg.

It was claimed that the said batch of Philippine bananas exported to China was found to have 0.199mg /kg.

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