West African Nation Benin Bans Import of Tilapia Fish Due to Virus
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [APANEWS] September 20, 2017
Cotonou (Benin) Françoise Assogba Comlan, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in Benin (APRM), has announced that a ban on tilapia fish does not concern its consumption, but its import including derivatives from Colombia, Egypt, Ecuador, Israel and Thailand.
This measure is informed by the existence of a virus, the TiLV, detected in the tilapias imported from the countries cited above, said Assogba Comlan, who added that the statement published in recent days by the government aims to "preserve populations of tilapia fish farming in Benin, and to guarantee food and nutritional security through production of the species in quantity and quality.”
In doing so, the government has taken its ...
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