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The battle to maintain 0.05% ergot rule continues:<\/strong> The government filed an appeal against last month\u2019s Administrative Court verdict that ordered the suspension of a food inspection system which could potentially see the return of the zero-tolerance rule on ergot-contaminated wheat imports, Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy told Reuters on Saturday<\/a>. The court had ruled last month<\/a> that responsibility for wheat inspection be transferred back to the Agriculture Ministry\u2019s quarantine body \u2014 the architect of Egypt\u2019s ergot ban last year \u2014 from the General Organization for Export and Import Control. State grain purchaser the General Authority for Supply Commodities had repeatedly insisted<\/a> that the zero-tolerance policy, which racked international grain markets last year, was not coming back despite the ruling as both the ministries of supply and agriculture are in agreement on the current policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The battle to maintain 0.05% ergot rule continues: The government filed an appeal against last month\u2019s Administrative Court verdict that ordered the suspension of a food inspection system which could potentially see the return of the zero-tolerance rule on ergot-contaminated wheat imports, Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy told Reuters on Saturday. 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