Spain: The effective fight against the 'cotonet' involves adopting a comprehensive action

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, highlighted this Tuesday in the Senate that the effective fight against the ýcotonetý plague involves adopting a comprehensive strategy, a plan of action throughout the year. It has affected that the different phytosanitary treatments used, among them, methyl-chlorpyrifos, a substance dangerous to human health, have not prevented the spread of the pest, which has been due, above all, to transport between affected plots. It has also warned about the risk that an exceptional authorization of methyl-chlorpyrifos, a substance prohibited by the European Union, would entail, since any minimum residue that could be detected of this substance would lead to the rejection of Spanish products by operators and companies. authorities of the destination countries. In accordance with community legislation, it is forbidden to market products that contain residues of this substance. For this reason, the minister has pointed out that if ...