One of the biggest headaches for fruit exporters and importers is the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly or Moscamed).Cold treatment allows the fruit fly infestation to be dealt with whilst the goods travels in containers before they arrive at their destination.

In perishable goods transport, cold treatment is applied to certain fruit, mainly citrus and stone fruit, once they have been loaded into reefer containers, never in the exporter’s warehouse.

There is no one single treatment that is suitable for all destinations and products. However, the phytosanitary authority in each country sets a protocol which covers the conditions that should be met in terms of temperature and duration.