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Get your product "quarantined" and then stolen and sold on and then used as a political weapon......Cheap at half the price!!

Farmers upset over infested potatoes
By Jacqueline Agathocleous
Published on August 26, 2010

THE AGRICULTURE Ministry yesterday denied that infested potatoes were circulating the Cypriot market, after the Panagrotikos farmers’ association claimed a sealed container had been violated and the contents sent to retailers.
Panagrotikos said it received information from farmers that a quarantined container of infested potatoes that arrived from Bulgaria, is suspected to have been sold on to retailers and could already be on the Cypriot market.
According to the association’s general secretary, Nectarios Karyos, the potatoes are infested with a certain insect and should not be allowed into Cyprus.
Karyos called on the relevant state services to investigate. “The government has turned the farming economy into a Waterloo with its inertia in dealing with people who exploit every opportunity,” he said. “We have information that potatoes are missing from a container that was put in quarantine and that they were taken by retailers who want to sell them on the market.”
Karyos said the quarantined container had come from Bulgaria and it was sealed in a private importer’s warehouse in the Kokkinochoria area.
“The container was sealed because the insect was seen in the contents,” he said.
However, the deputy head of the Agriculture Ministry’s Agriculture Department, Costas Constantinou, insisted no such potatoes had reached the market. He said the container had been checked and sealed, and all quantities were in place. Constantinou added that procedures were underway to re-export the container to its country of origin.
“All the necessary checks have been carried out on the specific container and it has already been sealed, while all procedures have been launched to have it re-exported to its country of origin,” said Constantinou.
Asked whether it would be a good idea to check all the potatoes were there, he added: “This has already happened and the entire load has been sealed.”
Constantinou explained that the potatoes weren’t infected, but the container did have insects that live in the plant’s roots. Meanwhile, Panagrotikos also expressed its condemnation of the “Defence Ministry’s behaviour”, after it announced its intentions to exclude Cypriot farmers from tenders to provide catering for the National Guard.
Karyos said: “We are publicly denouncing the Defence Ministry’s behaviour, which has prevented access to Cypriot farmers to the tenders’ procedure for providing Cypriot products to the National Guard, which basically opens the way to retailers to infuse the Cypriot market, even with Turkish products.”

[shahmaran]

Man I LOVE Cypriot potatoes, nothing like it

[zan]

Man I LOVE Cypriot potatoes, nothing like it

You won't get any if this guy has his way....The National Guard will get fat on it waiting for the tide to change

[Lit]

Aphrodite's beguiling Cyprus

27/08/2010

http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/internati ... ing-Cyprus

The beach is safe for swimming. There are no lifeguards, and no waves to speak of, so forget about surfing. But there is plenty of sun and peace and quiet.

Alcohol is alarmingly cheap and can be bought anywhere, even at the convenience stores. Most top brand spirits cost about €9 (NZ$16) a litre.

The big local brand of beer is Keo, and it's pretty good, readily available and cheap.

Cypriot people are very welcoming and friendly, and also very trusting.

It seems unusual in the village to see a locked door. Vehicles are often left with key in the ignition. The level of trust extends to the outdoor seating for all the restaurants; exactly how they keep tabs on who has paid for their meal and who has not is a wonder. Tipping is not the norm, but the service is so good and the meals so reasonably priced, you may find yourself leaving a tip, as I did on a few occasions.

[SKI-preo]

Do you think Expat Kiwi wrote that Akka Dakka?

[Get Real!]

I'm just glad it's Zanny doing the RoC "smear campaign"!

[zan]

I'm just glad it's Zanny doing the RoC "smear campaign"!

Just reporting what is actually going on dear boy!!!

[Get Real!]

I'm just glad it's Zanny doing the RoC "smear campaign"!

Just reporting what is actually going on dear boy!!!

I just love your smear campaigns... they're as effective as John Lennon's peace campaigns!

[zan]

I'm just glad it's Zanny doing the RoC "smear campaign"!

Just reporting what is actually going on dear boy!!!

I just love your smear campaigns... they're as effective as John Lennon's peace campaigns!

If there is enough shit then smearing it is easy......

[DT.]

I'm just glad it's Zanny doing the RoC "smear campaign"!

Just reporting what is actually going on dear boy!!!

I just love your smear campaigns... they're as effective as John Lennon's peace campaigns!

If there is enough shit then smearing it is easy......

as oppossed to the occupied areas where you've now progressed to life sized shit sculpting.