Spain requested the suspension of imports of fruit and vegetables from Turkey after receiving a European health alert a day

Published 2022년 3월 9일

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The agricultural union, LA UNIÓ de Llauradors, has called for a halt on fruit and vegetable imports from Turkey until a health audit is conducted, citing repeated health alerts and exceeding of Maximum Residue Limits. The union has directed appeals to the European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, seeking to increase control frequencies, end tariff asymmetry, and suspend imports from countries, like Turkey, that have not ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women. A recent study by the union reveals nearly daily health alerts for citrus fruits from Turkey, despite increased controls, prompting the union to advocate for more stringent measures.

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LA UNIÓ de Llauradors has asked the European Commission and the Government of Spain to close imports of fruit and vegetables from Turkey until an audit is carried out and its results are obtained, given the numerous health alerts detected for containing unauthorized active substances in the EU, which almost reaches a European health alert per day, or for observing Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) higher than those authorized in the EU. In this sense, LA UNIÓ has sent two separate letters to the DG Sante, responsible for EU policies on health and food safety, and to the General Directorate of Agricultural Production Health of the Ministry of Agriculture, transferring a series of requests to them. After many months of repeated complaints due to the numerous health alerts that the RASFF (European Food Control System) was detecting, the EC increased the frequency of controls on these imports in November. Specifically, the frequency of controls to be carried out on oranges, mandarins, ...

Source: Agroinformacion