Ukutholwa kusenesikhathi kwegciwane elisha eNew Zealand - i-Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) - endaweni encane yembewu kuvumele ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo ezisheshayo zokuqukatha nokuvimbela noma yikuphi ukusabalala kwegciwane. Zonke izimbewu nezitshalo eziwumphumela zicekeleke phansi.
Ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, imboni yaxwayisa i-Biosecurity New Zealand ngokuba khona kwe-ToBRFV embewini engeniswe kwa-Israel. Nakuba lezi zimbewu zazingeniswa kwamanye amazwe ngesitifiketi se-phytosanitary esisho ukuthi azinayo i-ToBRFV ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni okuqediwe phesheya kwezilwandle, ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kuhlonze izinga eliphansi kakhulu lokutheleleka.
I-ToBRFV iyigciwane eliyingozi kakhulu lezitshalo zikatamatisi kanye ne-capsicum futhi iwukuphila okungafunwa eNew Zealand. Njengesinyathelo sokuzivikela, iBiosecurity New Zealand ikumise okwesikhashana ukungeniswa kwamanye amazwe kwembewu ye-capsicum kanye nekatamatisi ezohlwanyelwa kwa-Israel.
I-Biosecurity New Zealand ikwazile ukulandisa ngayo yonke imbewu engenisiwe kanye nezitshalo ezitshalwe kuzo. Akuzange kube nezimpawu noma izivivinyo ezinhle ze-ToBRFV ezivela ezitshalweni ezitshalwe embewini, ezibekwe kuphela ezindaweni ezintathu zokugcina ukushisa e-Auckland.
I-Biosecurity New Zealand kanye nozakwethu bemboni abathintekayo bavumile ukufaka impendulo ngaphansi kweSivumelwano Semboni Kahulumeni (i-GIA). Nakuba singekho isizathu sokusola ukuthi kube nokusabalala kwalesi sifo, zonke izitshalo ezitshalwe embewini engcolile zicekelwe phansi ukuze kulawuleke noma iyiphi ingozi esele. Izindawo ezintathu zokugcina ukushisa nazo sezihlanzwe kahle futhi zabulawa amagciwane.
Njengesixwayiso esengeziwe, i-Biosecurity New Zealand isicekele phansi zonke izitshalo zikatamatisi ezitshalwe ezinhlanyelweni ezingangcolisiwe ebeziseduze nezitshalo ezithintekile.