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Persimmons, potatoes returned to Israel
By Petra - Feb 05,2014 - Last updated at Feb 05,2014
ZARQA — The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday decided to return 70 tonnes of persimmons to Israel that did not comply with local standards and import licensing measures, which require labelling the produce with the name of the country of origin.
Agriculture Ministry Spokesperson Nimer Hadaddin noted that the ministry returned 18 tonnes of potatoes to Israel for the same reason.
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