Moroccan olives with a high content of pesticide residues arrive in Spain

The specialized portal Hortoinfo has published that on August 18, Moroccan olives entered Spain with an excessive presence of the unauthorized insecticide Chlorpyrifos, as detected in a border control. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) warned this week about the distribution in Spain of olives imported from Morocco with a high level of a pesticide banned in the European Union (EU) due to its dangerousness. The results of the analysis demonstrated a presence of the insecticide Chlorpyrifos in a proportion of 0.067 mg/kg-ppm, when its Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) is set at 0.01 mg/kg - ppm, the minimum detectable in the laboratory as it is a substance that is not authorized, which has been described as a serious incident. The Spanish authorities have informed the RASFF of this problem for the attention of interested parties, pointing out that these olives have only been ...