Large amounts of pesticides continue to be detected in Turkish fruit and vegetables

Published 2024년 9월 5일

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The European Union's rapid alert system, RASFF, reported 580 alerts during the 2023/2024 marketing season due to high pesticide levels in fruit and vegetables, with 22.4% of these alerts attributed to imports from Turkey. The most common source of contamination was peppers imported from Turkey, which led to the destruction of many consignments at the EU border. Other countries like Egypt, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Greece, France, and the Netherlands also contributed to the problem. The majority of the alerts were processed by Bulgarian control authorities, highlighting the need for increased phytosanitary control as EU fruit and vegetable imports, particularly from Turkey, continue to rise.

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A total of 580 alerts were recorded in the RASFF (EU rapid alert system for food and feed) in the previous marketing season 2023/2024 (1/9/2023-31/8/2024), caused by excessive amounts of pesticides in fruit and vegetables, the which reach the member states of the European Union Union (EU) either from third countries or from the EU itself. Mr. Georgios Polychronakis, Special Advisor of the Incofruit Exporters Association - Hellas, reports to AgroTypos that 22.4% of these rejections correspond to imported fruit and vegetable products from Turkey with 130 notifications in total. Peppers are the fruit and vegetable product imported from Turkey with the highest number of pesticide overdose cases, 37 cases, most of which have been destroyed at the EU border Peppers, in the ranking of Turkish fruits and vegetables, were followed by lemons with 33 cases of high level pesticide residues, followed by pomegranates with 10, grapefruits and grape leaves with 9 each product, tangerines with 7 ...

Source: Agrotypos