Turkish producers once again exported peppers to the European Union that did not meet the EU's phytosanitary requirements. Last Thursday, Bulgaria blocked and destroyed a shipment of Turkish peppers for this reason.
The pepper batch in question contained, according to analyses conducted on 17 April, 2.55 times the allowed carbendazim content. This is one of the most used fungicides in the Eurasian country.
To be precise, the peppers sampled contained 0,255 milligrams per kilogram, when the maximum residue limits (MRLs) are currently set at just 0.1 milligrams per kilo.
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) published the notification on Good Friday.
Source: fhalmeria.com
