Poland: Controls of imported fruit, our neighbors are doing it successfully

There is nothing to cheat. Lots of fruit with excesses or residues of illegal substances also end up in Poland. Many of them reach us from outside the European Union, where, as we know, illegal substances can be used in the EU. According to fruit producers, there is far too little control of imported products. It's worth following how other countries act in similar situations... On Monday, August 14, Croatian authorities detected high levels of chlorpyrifos in a shipment of peaches from Serbia. According to the local industry media, peaches from Serbia returned from the border with Slovenia on July 7. Also in this case, chlorpyrifos was detected. What connects Croatia, Slovenia and Poland? All three countries belong to the European Union. Therefore, the same rules apply to them. The Minister of Agriculture of Serbia stated today that if the test results are confirmed by Serbian laboratories, the said batch of peaches will be disposed of and will not go to the Serbian market. She ...