Zanzibar Govt Says Ban on Banana Imports to Stay dailynewstz: Tanzania
"We are serious and committed to prevent bananas from outside including Tanzania Mainland to enter Zanzibar. We have imposed an indefinite ban to prevent the disease," he said after a woman trader complained after her bunches of banana were seized at the Malindi seaport last month.
Mr Khamis and other executives from his Ministry dismissed the claims as false and that the woman was arrested with 15 baskets full of banana fruits only and was fined based on the current law-Plant Protection Act of 1997. "If the bananas are peeled, they can be imported. I also ask members of the public to report any suspicious entry of bananas."
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