Kyrgyzstan Steps Up Plant Safety Checks Near Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan has stepped up phytosanitary oversight along its border with Kazakhstan, as Maksat Kocherov, Director of the Department of Chemicalization, Plant Protection, and Quarantine at the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry, carried out an unscheduled inspection of the Ak-Tilek and Kant phytosanitary control points.

The visit focused on assessing compliance with plant quarantine rules at key checkpoints handling cross-border cargo flows, The Caspian Post reports via Kyrgyz media.

During the inspection, officials were instructed to strictly observe phytosanitary requirements and to strengthen controls on the import and export of quarantineable products by participants in foreign economic activity.

The ministry reminded cargo carriers that any violations of plant quarantine legislation would trigger mandatory measures, including the return, destruction, or disinfection of agricultural products of plant origin. These steps are aimed at preventing the spread of pests and diseases that could threaten domestic agriculture.

Authorities emphasized that cargoes failing to meet the phytosanitary standards of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), or those deemed to pose a safety risk, will not be permitted to enter the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.