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04-14-2009, 05:50 PM
Minister of Agriculture Salvador (Chio) Jimenez has emphasized the importance of the pre-inspection program in substantially improving the export of fresh fruits and vegetables to the United States market. Jimenez told Hoy reporters that of the 1,696 containers that were sent to the US in the first quarter of 2009, only nine were detained for further inspection by the US authorities. He indicated that of these nine containers, six were later released after laboratory tests showed that they did not contain any pesticide residues, adding that the other three are awaiting lab test results. Jimenez reassured reporters that the controls established in the country as part of the pre-inspection program have yielded excellent results. For example, from the 469 containers that were detained in 2007, the number was reduced to 50 in 2008 and in the first quarter of 2009 just 9 containers have been detained for further inspections. The minister said that this shows the strength of the sanitary inspection system that was put into place by the government in order to create greater guarantees for Dominican exporters.
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