26 Feb 2019
Fruit fly: Produce-selling restrictions may be lifted
Fruit and vegetable restrictions in the Auckland suburb of Devonport will be lifted by the end of the week if no more Queensland fruitflies are found. A third male fruitfly was found in Northcote on Monday, about 100 metres away from where one was found last week. But it has been two weeks since the first was found in Devonport. MPI's Biosecurity spokesperson Dr Cath Duthie speaks to Philippa Tolley.