date:Jan 09, 2013
demand and can produce year round. This is not what is giving industry representation body, Growcom, and partners, concerns however; they are more worried about what they say is a serious biosecurity threat posed by imports. Malaysia, unlike Australia, is an unwilling host to the pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi/Dickeya, that causes bacterial heart rot and fruit collapse.
In their response to DAFF Growcom point to inconsistencies they perceive the IRA to have with the National Pineapple Industry