COAG Andalusia demands an urgent control on imports at the borders, "a dangerous food drain"

Published 2020년 9월 7일

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An agrarian union is expressing concern over the entry of uncontrolled imported goods into the EU, specifically a consignment of red grapes from Egypt that contained prohibited pesticide residues, leading to its recall in Denmark. The union highlights that this incident is part of a larger problem, with 202 alerts received by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed last year for high pesticide levels in fruits and vegetables from various countries, including Turkey, China, and India. The union is calling for stricter controls on imports to protect the health and reputation of the food industry, as well as the Spanish brand.

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SEVILLA, Sep 7 (EUROPA PRESS) - This is how the agrarian union takes a position in a statement after learning of one more case of entry of imported merchandise "without the proper sanitary controls." Specifically, it refers to a consignment of red grapes from Egypt, imported through Spain, which, according to it, has been withdrawn from the market by the Danish authorities, after accessing data from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed ( Rasff, for its acronym in English, 'Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed'). Thus, the Danish authorities adopted this measure after verifying in an official control carried out in the market that these grapes contained residues (0.027 milligrams per kilo) of the pesticide 'Chlorpyrifos', banned in the European Union due to its dangerousness, since it is suspected of producing breast cancer. COAG regrets that this is not an isolated case, since these toxic waste detection alerts are "constant", and that during the 2019/2020 campaign, from ...

Source: europapress