Gano farkon kwayar cutar sabuwar zuwa New Zealand - kwayar cutar 'ya'yan itacen rugose na tumatir (ToBRFV) - a cikin karamin iri ya ba da damar daukar matakin gaggawa don daukewa da hana duk wani yaduwar cutar. An lalatar da duk iri da tsire-tsire da aka samu.
A farkon Disamba, masana'antu sun sanar da Biosecurity New Zealand kasancewar ToBRFV a cikin iri da aka shigo da su daga Isra'ila. Ko da yake an shigo da waɗannan iri tare da takardar shaidar phytosanitary da ke ayyana su ba su da ToBRFV dangane da gwajin da aka kammala a cikin teku, ƙarin gwajin ya gano ƙarancin kamuwa da cuta.
ToBRFV cuta ce mai tsanani ga tumatir da tsire-tsire na capsicum kuma kwayoyin da ba a so a New Zealand. A matsayin matakin riga-kafi, Biosecurity New Zealand ta dakatar da shigo da tsaba na capsicum da tumatir don shuka daga Isra'ila na wani dan lokaci.
Biosecurity New Zealand ta sami damar yin lissafin duk nau'ikan da aka shigo da su da tsire-tsire da aka girma daga gare su. Babu alamun ko gwaje-gwaje masu inganci don ToBRFV daga shuke-shuken da aka girma daga tsaba, waɗanda aka iyakance ga wuraren zama na greenhouse guda uku a Auckland.
Biosecurity New Zealand da abokan masana'antu da abin ya shafa sun amince su shigar da martani a ƙarƙashin Yarjejeniyar Masana'antu ta Gwamnati (GIA). Duk da yake babu wani dalili da zai sa a yi zargin an sami bullar cutar, an lalata duk shuke-shuken da aka shuka daga gurbataccen iri don gudanar da duk wani hadarin da ya rage. An kuma tsaftace wuraren da ake gina greenhouses guda uku da kuma lalata su.
A matsayin ƙarin taka tsantsan, Biosecurity New Zealand ta lalata duk shuke-shuken tumatir da aka shuka daga tsaba marasa gurɓata waɗanda ke da kusanci da tsiron da abin ya shafa.