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Agency for Food Safety refuses 200 tons of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from Jordan
Bulgarian Agency for Food Safety refuses 200 tons of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers from Jordan, the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Reason are positive samples of pesticides in the product validation vegetable market in Slatina. 200 tons of other samples are waiting. Surveyed to date accounts indicate that in tomato pesticides 10 times above normal, with cucumbers over 6 times, and pepper in more than 3 times.
The only option currently is the output to be destroyed, said Minister Naydenov. Another option is to return the goods to Jordan, but this is impossible because it is prepaid. "
We want to help importers will not suffer huge losses, but it will not be charged to consumers"
said Minister Naydenov. He added that the main purpose is to protect consumers so that these pesticides do not fall on the table.
Higher quantities of pesticides accumulate in the liver and are harmful to young children and pregnant women, said Deputy Director .- BABH Tencho Tenev. The agency informed the case to the European Commission as far Jordan is not included in the list of countries for compulsory testing of vegetable imports into the European Union, said another deputy. - Director of BABH Anton Velichkov.