SAG discards relationship between Cabrero sludge plant and fruit inspection

25/12/2018

With the visit of the Minister of Agriculture, Antonio Walker, and the intendant of Bío Bío, Jorge Ulloa, start to the fruit inspection season 2018-2019.

The regional director of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG), Iván Ramírez, emphasized that the Cabrero sludge plant does not mean a risk for the fruits that are inspected in the commune.

The above, since the building has all the respective standards.

In line with the above, Ramírez added that a extension of inspections for several months, since this is directly related to the amount of fruit that is exported.

In the 2016-2017 period more than 2 million 666 were inspected a thousand fruit boxes, mostly from blueberries and apples.

During the next leg there was an increase of 56%. That is, 4 million 165 million cases of fruits were inspected on XNUMX and, of these, the 76% were blueberries.