Upset French cherry farmers have dumped a ton of rotting fruit in front of a government building in southern France yesterday. They were protesting against an insecticide ban they claim has left their produce vulnerable to fruit flies.
The EU implemented a bloc-wide ban in 2020 on the insecticide dimethoate - used to treat fruit fly on a range of crops - over health risks posed to farmers and consumers. France first banned it in 2016.
Around a dozen farmers deposited ruined cherries in front of a government building in Tournon-sur-Rhone in the Ardeche region, complaining that they had lost 30-40 percent of their crops this year.
Source: digitaljournal.com