1eff31f1-49c0-4b0f-aa0c-3fb2192f0f38 United Kingdom 2012-05-08 Contarinia maculipennis was intercepted on four occasions in 2011, in each case on a consignment of orchids from Thailand. A Dutch PRA already exists for this pest (van der Gaag et al., 2007). After discussion at the October 2011 Risk Management Workstream meeting, a Rapid Assessment was requested for this pest to help identify the most appropriate actions to take when it is intercepted. A recommendation for destruction / reexport was issued after the first interception, although the consignment had not been detained. After a subsequent interception, a forward-looking recommendation was issued that no action should be taken when the pest is found on cut flowers on the basis that there was unlikely to be a pathway from packaged cut flowers to orchid growers.

]]> EPPO Secretariat Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Contarinia maculipennis Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis Capsicum annuum Capsicum frutescens Dendrobium Dendrobium bigibbum Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus sp. Jasminum sambac Lycianthes rantonnetii Momordica charantia Plumeria rubra Pseuderanthemum Solanum chilense Solanum lycopersicum Solanum melongena Solanum peruvianum Solanum tuberosum United Kingdom https://pra.eppo.int/getfile/0c7018c1-e959-4c2c-8b97-2747ebec860b