Shanghai destroys 60 tons of infected Philippine bananas

A total of 60.34 tons of bananas imported from the Philippines were destroyed for containing Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley, species harmful to fruit and vegetable planting and growing, during a quarantine in Shanghai, April 15, 2016. The bananas, packed in 4,642 cartons in two batches, were worth $37,000. [Photo from Sina Weibo account of CCTV]