Poppy-seed wheat cargoes could require eight months for sieving -source

Hopes for a quick ending over the poppy seed-containing wheat cargoes have been dashed as the two cargoes rejected by agricultural quarantine will most likely have to be moved for sieving. The process could take up to eight months and sieving is not possible in Safaga, Reuters notes. “The wheat silos that are present in Safaga are not equipped to sieve the Romanian and French wheat cargoes if a decision for that is issued by the public prosecutor,” a source said, adding that the process could take place in Sohag or Qena. “At this point re-export would be less costly for the suppliers,” said one agricultural quarantine inspector.