Posachedwapa, mbatata ya tebulo yochokera ku Poland imatha kutumizidwa kumayiko ena a European Union (EU), kuphatikiza Latvia, pokhapokha ngati pali satifiketi ya kusakhalapo kwa Clavibacter sepedonicus, yomwe imayambitsa mphete ya mbatata. Izi zidanenedwa ndi State Plant Protection Service (SPPP) yaku Latvia.
Kuitanitsa mbatata kuchokera ku Poland kumatsatira malamulo okhwima kuposa mayiko ena a EU. Izi zili choncho chifukwa cha kufala kwa Clavibacter sepedonicus ku Poland, komwe kuola kwa mphete kumakhala kofala kwambiri m'mitsuko ya mbatata ya patebulo, yomwe ndi 4,4% ya mbatata zonse zomwe zayesedwa. Pakadali pano, ku EU, chiwerengerochi ndi 2,8%.
Zofunikira pachitetezo cha EU zimanena kuti mbatata zaku Poland zitha kutumizidwa kunja kukagulitsidwa kumayiko ena a EU pokhapokha ngati zikutsatiridwa ndi satifiketi yomwe yatchulidwa komanso ngati a Polish Plant Protection Service adadziwitsa ofesi yofananayi ya dzikolo pasadakhale za kuperekedwa kwa katundu.