(November 7, 2024) - Starting in January 2025, the Netherlands will require a large number of imported beans seed shipments to undergo laboratory testing for the presence of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. Flaccumfaciens (Cff).
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has stated that shipments may be stalled for several weeks pending the test results.
The costs of these checks will be charged to the importers.
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