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GASC insists zero-tolerance policy on ergot isn\u2019t coming back:<\/strong> The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is adamant that Egypt\u2019s zero-tolerance on ergot contamination in wheat imports is not about to make a return. GASC Vice Chairman Ahmed Youssef told Reuters<\/a> on Saturday that the administrative court\u2019s ruling of last Tuesday<\/a>, which reinstated the Agriculture Quarantine Authority (the body that had imposed the zero-tolerance policy), was purely an administrative and procedural ruling and would have no real impact on policy. The news comes as Egypt bought 360k tonnes of wheat from Russia and Romania, Al Mal reports<\/a>, bringing to about 500k tons Egypt\u2019s total purchases in the last month. Egypt does not typically wheat import during the domestic harvest season<\/strong>, but Reuters<\/a> suggests the buying spree is coming ahead of a possible policy showdown ahead of the next court session on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GASC insists zero-tolerance policy on ergot isn\u2019t coming back: The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is adamant that Egypt\u2019s zero-tolerance on ergot contamination in wheat imports is not about to make a return. GASC Vice Chairman Ahmed Youssef told Reuters on Saturday that the administrative court\u2019s ruling of last Tuesday, which reinstated the Agriculture […]<\/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-646268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a9d63e19-9681-4388-af10-401911ed27aa","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"57a4d8ae-5b46-4baf-8467-f8b96273dffd","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[646255],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nGASC insists zero-tolerance policy on ergot will not return - 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\/11\/gasc-insists-zero-tolerance-policy-on-ergot-will-not-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GASC insists zero-tolerance policy on ergot will not return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GASC insists zero-tolerance policy on ergot isn\u2019t coming back: The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is adamant that Egypt\u2019s zero-tolerance on ergot contamination in wheat imports is not about to make a return. 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