Recently, mobile phone text messages and related photos about "an outbreak of maggot orange in Guangyuan" have been widely circulated. The text message said that a large-scale citrus maggot disaster broke out in Guangyuan, Sichuan this year, and Sichuan buried a batch and sprinkled lime. Netizens and mobile phone users remind each other not to buy oranges.

According to media reports, insect pests did break out in wangcang county, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. At present, the county needs to handle more than 6,543,800 kilograms of citrus fruits, and the government will allocate 3 million yuan for unified acquisition for pollution-free treatment. At the same time, relevant departments have taken various measures to prohibit maggot citrus from being listed and traded.

Xinmin. Com reporter 2 1 interviewed Sichuan Plant Quarantine Station and learned that wangcang county, where the pest broke out, was not the main citrus producing area, and the local citrus was mainly produced and sold by itself, but not sold to other places. The station also said: "This kind of pest is harmless to human body." .

Relevant people explained to Xinmin. Com thinks that this is just an ordinary pest, and only 1% of the citrus with pests have been "completely disposed of" by the relevant departments.

The Sichuan Plant Testing Station also indicated that wangcang county is not suitable for growing citrus, and the local citrus is small in quantity, lacking in management at ordinary times, so it is normal for pests to appear. The local authorities advised fruit farmers to switch to tea and other crops.