The government is strengthening its regulatory framework to prevent and combat the spread of the oriental fruit fly within the country.The Department of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries has issued an alert about amended control measures that have been gazetted.Areas infested with the oriental fruit fly in SA are: Limpopo‚ Mpumalanga‚ the North West‚ Gauteng and some parts of KwaZulu-Natal."A removal permit will be required to move fruit from these areas to the oriental fruit fly-free areas‚" the department said.Areas that are not infested include the Western Cape‚ Northern Cape‚ Eastern Cape‚ Free State and some parts of KwaZulu-Natal such as the Magisterial Districts of Amajuba‚ uMgungundlovu‚ uMzinyathi‚ uThukela and Zululand.But, according to the department, "it should be noted that should the pest be detected in a farm within the pest-free areas‚ such a farm will be quarantined in terms of an official order and a removal permit will be required to move host material to a pest...
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