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Study reveals high Brucella contamination in Tunisia’s raw dairy products

Aug 30, 2022Aug 30, 2022

TUNISIA – A study has revealed a high rate of Brucella contamination in dairy products in Tunisia, shortly after another study conducted in Kenya discovered a cocktail of micro-organisms in milk. The study investigated the occurrence of Brucella in 200 raw milk, ricotta, and artisan fresh cheese samples, collected from four districts in Tunisia. Brucellosis is a significant public health…

Tunisia calls on farmers to adhere to sanitary protocols to help get rid of date palm mite

Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022

TUNISIA – Tunisia’s Ministry of Agriculture has called for the need to follow the sanitary protocol issued by the agricultural scientific research to fight against the date palm mite in the southern oases, which consists in cleaning the farms and then spreading in time the use of appropriate insecticides and monitoring its spread in the oases. The date palm mite…