The Mediterranean Fruit Fly has been detected in two areas in southern Belize. That’s the report via a press release from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, better known as BAHA. The pest, which can cause the country to lose its citrus, bananas and other fruits for export if it is not contained, was detected one week ago, on July fourteenth, in Hopkins in Stann Creek and in the Sapodilla Cayes in Toledo. According to the BAHA release, Belize is the only country in the region that was free of the Medfly.

Belize - Fruit fly detected

The Mediterranean Fruit Fly has been detected in two areas in southern Belize. That’s the report via a press release from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, better known as BAHA.

The pest, which can cause the country to lose its citrus, bananas and other fruits for export if it is not contained, was detected one week ago, on July fourteenth, in Hopkins in Stann Creek and in the Sapodilla Cayes in Toledo.

According to the BAHA release, Belize is the only country in the region that was free of the Medfly and it is suspected that it was introduced into the country through fruits and vegetables from neighboring Honduras and Guatemala.

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