The first batch of watermelons has arrived in Yekaterinburg from Iran.

      The first batch of watermelons of this season has been delivered to the fruit and vegetable base in Yekaterinburg. This was reported on Thursday by the Ural Interregional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor.

      The batch of fresh watermelons from Iran, weighing a total of 40 tons, was delivered under the supervision of the Ural Interregional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor to one of the fruit and vegetable bases in Yekaterinburg in the last days of March.

      In 2025, the first deliveries of this product began two weeks later.

      All incoming products underwent phytosanitary control (for the presence of quarantine objects). Tests were conducted at the Yekaterinburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "VNIIZh".

      According to the results of the examination, no quarantine objects were found. The batch of watermelons has been deemed safe and is permitted for sale in the Sverdlovsk region.

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