Australian and Californian citrus industries discuss technical collaboration

The Californian and Australian citrus industries could both benefit by collaborating on major technical issues such as market access, chemical residue issues and food safety regulations. This was the key message of Jim Cranney, president of the California Citrus Quality Council, during his visit to Citrus Australia this week.

“Our two industries are striving to obtain more workable quarantine arrangements for major export markets in Asia such as Korea, Thailand and China,” said Mr Cranney. “There would be mutual advantage in us combining forces to research pests of concern such as Fuller’s rose weevil and California red scale. Researchers in each country are looking independently for solutions to these problems and we could potentially halve the time needed if we collaborated our efforts.”

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