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"These controls are an important precaution while we investigatewhether there are any further fruit flies in the area," AndrewColeman, MPI Deputy Director General, Compliance and Response saidyesterday. Horticulture NZ has said it is reassured by the efforts made tocontrol the threat. Not informed Residents within a 1.5 kilometre fruit safety zone, said that theyhad little information about the lockdown. Meg Liptrot runs Sustainable Living Centre, a community gardenprogramme just a few hundred metres from Zone A, and told ONE Newstonight that she has heard nothing about the potential pests. "We've heard absolutely nothing about it actually." "We have community gardens here and we have people taking fruitaway from the gardens and we don't know what we're supposed to do -whether they can bring the fruit home with them," she said. Another resident said yesterday that the only thing he knew waswhat he had heard on the news. The man said he had already sent his children to school with fruitin their lunchboxes. A routine rubbish collection was also madethis morning, before any lockdown notice had been issued. But the Ministry for Primary Industries denies it has been slow toreact. Following criticism over a lack of information about the alert, theMinistry aimed to have briefed all households and businesses in theexclusion zone on the situation by last night. And today households in the suburb of Avondale, where the fruit flywas discovered, were to be issued with information packs. "We've got 6000 leaflets and pamphlets which have had to beprepared fro this particular location," Coleman said. Primary Industries minister David Carter said it is a matter ofputting resources where they are most needed. "I understand that officials are still working in that area,knocking on doors now that people are home in that inner Zone Aarea, making sure they realise that they need to cooperateabsolutely in case we're dealing with a more significantincursion." Restrictions to remain The restrictions are expected to remain in place for several weeks,and special bins will be provided to dispose of fruit andvegetables. Residents are being told not to compost and use a sink wastedisposal unit if possible. "We appreciate this will be inconvenient for the many hundreds offamilies living in and around Avondale, but their compliance withthese restrictions is a critical precaution to protect ourhorticultural industries and home gardens," Coleman said. The lockdown area runs from approximately the intersection ofBlockhouse Bay Road and Trent Street in the north to the end ofBlockhouse Bay Road in the south; and from the intersection ofGreat North Road and Memorial Drive in the west, and approximatelynumber 33 Maioro Street in the east. Key fruits, vegetables and plants of concern are: All citrusfruits, all stonefruit, pears, apples, blackberry, boysenberry,grapes, feijoa, passionfruit, tomato, eggplant, capsicum, pumpkin,avocado, custard apple, quince, persimmon, loquat, olives,oleander, kumquat, crab-apple, cape gooseberry and guava. People can call 0800 80 99 66 if they spot an insect that lookslike a fruit fly. Email this article Print this article Text size + - more... Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Latest NZ News Video Oz Jobs Expo looks to attract more Kiwis (2:13) Biosecurity steps up fruit fly information (2:39) US students involved in fatal car crash (3:23). The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Latex Industrial Gloves , China Polyethylene Apron, and more. For more , please visit Nitrile Exam Gloves today!
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