Controls on pesticides increase for Turkish grapefruit and lemons

Increased control of pesticides used on Turkish lemons and grapefruit imported into the European Union. Following the decision adopted by the European Commission, as reported by the Valencia Fruits magazine, the current regulation has been modified and the percentage of control passes from 10 to 30% for grapefruits and from 20 to 30% for lemons. The measure will come into force at the beginning of January for a period of six months. The European Commission itself justified the decision taken due to the seriousness of the situation in this country and clearly confirms that "in relation to consignments of lemons and grapefruits from Turkey, a high rate of non-compliance with the relevant requirements set out in the legislation has been detected as regards contamination by pesticide residues. It is therefore appropriate to increase the frequency of identity and physical checks to be carried out on such consignments entering the Union to 30%. This means that 3 out of 10 trucks of ...