Shoppers wondering why capsicums, especially red ones, are so expensive can blame the weather at one end of the country and a single tiny fly at the other.
Fresh produce coming out of one of South Australia's major growing regions is subject to measures to eradicate fruit fly .
Fruit fly control measures north of Adelaide mean some fruits and vegetables must be fumigated before they reach consumers, causing some growers to sell their produce interstate instead. "This has caused a problem with shortages in SA because a lot of fruit that would normally be sold in SA has wound up in the eastern seaboard because they don't have to get the capsicum fumigated in NSW and Victoria," he said.The outbreak was triggered in early March when six fruit flies were detected in Salisbury North.
"We normally would be well into the Queensland crop by now, but we're just seeing it starting to pick up.""It's not cheap – it's probably as expensive as it's ever been right now, certainly in my time in the game," Mr Songer said. The Wiley scandal illuminates a much bigger crisis of trust confronting universities around the world
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