Pesticide levels on fruits and vegetables sold in Oman markets should be clearly labelled and more needs to be done to retrain workers, the Muscat Municipality’s members said.
“All vegetables and fruits sold in Oman should display a label of their farms so that it is easy to trace them if any problem arises,” a Muscat Municipal Council member said on Monday.
In its fourth meeting this year, the Committee on Health, Social and Environmental Affairs at the Municipal Council, hosted stakeholders to discuss pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits.
During the meeting, members also stressed that all vegetables and fruits should have labels. “On imported agricultural products, the meeting stressed the need for a certificate to prove the absence of pesticide residues, as the current health certificate does not include that,” a statement from the Municipality stated.
source: timesofoman.com
