A mobile bio security x-ray machine is to be introduced to Tauranga in an effort to keep fruit fly and other destructive pests out of New Zealand.
The Ministry for Primary Industries announced this morning it will introduce two new mobile bio security x-ray machines this summer, following the purchase of a ew mobile x-ray last year to screen the bags of cruise ship passengers arriving at North Island ports.
"The additional mobile units give MPI greater flexibility to wheel out x-ray screening for fresh fruit and other bio security goods across the whole country," MPI Detection Technology Manager Brett Hickman said in a statement this morning.
"This year their use won't be restricted to cruise ship passengers. They'll go to where the action is.
"For example, they will provide backup for our fixed bio security x-ray units at airports and Auckland's International Mail Centre.''