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<\/a> Ergot\u2026 again? <\/strong>An administrative court struck down a government decree transferring responsibility for inspecting agricultural imports from the Agriculture Ministry's quarantine body to the Trade Ministry, Reuters<\/a> reported. This could mean that Egypt will return to the zero-tolerance policy for ergot in grain shipments<\/strong>, which caused severe disruption<\/a> to wheat supplies. \u201cThe zero-tolerance policy led to suppliers shunning state tenders and effectively cut off Egypt's access to global grain markets,\u201d Reuters notes.<\/p>\n

Egypt\u2019s limit for forgot remains at 0.05%, and that the current policy remains in place<\/strong>, said the Agriculture Ministry's spokesperson on Tuesday, Reuters notes<\/a>, potentially foreshadowing a bureaucratic (and legal) showdown over the policy. For the record, the UN FAO\u2019s <\/strong>Codex Alimentarius<\/strong><\/a> allows for up to 0.05% ergot<\/strong> in wheat shipments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ergot\u2026 again? An administrative court struck down a government decree transferring responsibility for inspecting agricultural imports from the Agriculture Ministry's quarantine body to the Trade Ministry, Reuters reported. This could mean that Egypt will return to the zero-tolerance policy for ergot in grain shipments, which caused severe disruption to wheat supplies. \u201cThe zero-tolerance policy led […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-646163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"0985f7bc-91b6-49d7-9b92-57f347bfe03d","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"5da4e922-06af-4ee9-b913-e4ffbe82e274","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[646149],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nErgot redux? - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/07\/ergot-redux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ergot redux?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ergot\u2026 again? 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