Fruit growers in Northern Tasmania have started working to get their produce back into foreign markets.

The region has officially been reinstated this week as a pest free area, after a Queensland Fruit Fly outbreak in the first half of 2018.

No fruit fly have been detected there in the past six months.

To find out more, rural reporter Eddie Summerfield caught up with Fruit Growers Tasmania Chief Executive Stuart Burgess

Fruit growers in Northern Tasmania have started working to get their produce back into foreign markets.
The region has officially been reinstated this week as a pest free area, after a Queensland Fruit Fly outbreak in the first half of 2018.
No fruit fly have been detected there in the past six months.
To find out more, rural reporter Eddie Summerfield caught up with Fruit Growers Tasmania Chief Executive Stuart Burgess

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