New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has announced no further Queensland fruit flies have been detected following the discovery two weeks ago of a single male fly.
MPI Deputy director general of compliance and response Andrew Coleman said this afternoon marks the milestone where two weeks of trapping, fruit sampling and testing is completed.
“I am delighted to say that our rigorous checks found no further sign of the Queensland fruit fly and New Zealand’s fruit fly free status is confirmed.'
A fortnight ago the ministry put in place a 1.5km diameter controlled area around where a single male Queensland fruit fly was found in a surveillance trap. Residents were asked not to move whole fresh fruit or vegetables outside of this zone.
The move was precautionary while MPI carried out intensive checks for any further flies.
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