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    A New Biosecurity Shield

    Mar 26, 2020 4 minutes
     By Li Qing
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    Pan Xubin, a scientist at the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine in Beijing, uses the fall armyworm as an example to demonstrate why that plant quarantine is so important. The insect originated in the Americas and has spread to Africa and Asia, devouring rice, corn and vegetables. The peril has aroused people’s awareness of biosafety, Pan told Beijing Review.

    Plant quarantine is necessary to prevent plant diseases, dangerous insects and weeds from spreading from one country to another. It is conducted by inspecting all imported plant products, packages and their means of transport.

    Plant quarantine is part of a draft biosafety law, the first of its kind, being reviewed by Chinese legislators.

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