Timothy Westbrook, an expert from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has completed his COVID-19 quarantined period and began his task at the HCM City-based Son Son irradiation centre.
Lychee is among the six Vietnamese fruits licensed to enter the US market. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Timothy Westbrook, an expert from the US Department of Agriculture(USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has completed hisCOVID-19 quarantined period and began his task at the HCM City-based Son Son irradiation centre.
Theexpert arrived in Vietnam on September 2 to continue monitoring the treatmentof fruit destined for his country, which recently underwent a hiatus due toCOVID-19.
Speaking at a pressconference on September 25, Westbrook said the US is now a crucial importer of Vietnam’sagricultural products.
SixVietnamese fruits have been licensed to enter the market.
Facing difficultiesfrom the coronavirus outbreak, the US recalled many of its staff in March,including those at the APHIS, in Vietnam. APHIS employees, however, are incharge of monitoring the handling of fruit at the Son Son irradiation centre -the only Vietnamese facility of this kind recognised by APHIS.
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Lychee is among the six Vietnamese fruits licensed to enter the US market. (Photo: VNA) 
