Consignment of potatoes found in the sea port "Novorossiysk". She arrived from Egypt on the ship "Asiatic island" to NSK, OOO. It found the caterpillar of the potato moth (Phthorimae operculella Zell.), which is a quarantine object in Russia.

"In accordance with the current legislation in the field of plant quarantine to prevent the introduction and spread in the territory of the Russian Federation of quarantine objects the entry of dangerous goods was prohibited," — said in the message.

Potato moth — a quarantine object, which is absent in Russia, which leads to the death of the plant.