The Ministry of Agriculture calls on the border crossings to prevent the entry of agricultural products prohibited from importation


The Ministry of Agriculture on Friday called on the border crossings to prevent the entry of prohibited agricultural products from imports for domestic availability.
“We ask the competent authorities to prevent the entry of imported agricultural products in informal ways in order to protect the local Iraqi product, which is characterized by the taste, taste and smell characteristic of the foreign importer as well as the health assurance,” said the technical agent of the Ministry of Agriculture Mahdi Mahdi al-Qaisi in a press statement. “The proper measures carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture through good seeds and integrated pest control of agricultural pests, jungles and fertilizers, all of which are approved and secure international standards.”
He pointed out that “the process of protecting the local product needs a culture of community and national responsibility of all segments of society.” He called on the private sector to “effectively contribute to the protection of the local agricultural product in order to achieve the pillars of food security and to achieve economic security and national and health for all citizens.”
He pointed out that “the entry of prohibited agricultural products is neither the responsibility nor the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, and can not be held accountable because its law No. 10 of 2013 and ratified by the Iraqi parliament has set its tasks to be a research service guidance does not allow them to account, but the responsibility of the executive authorities represented Ministry of the Interior, National Security and Customs to monitor and hold accountable those responsible for illegal imports. ”
Al-Qaisi expressed the hope that “the private sector and investors will enter into the manufacturing aspects of agricultural products through the use of surplus crops from the daily need through manufacturing operations through the establishment of factories for the manufacture of putty and molasses and ketchup and other industries that provide raw material agricultural products” .

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