date:Feb 18, 2021
The German customs authorities have withdrawn Spanish oranges from the market, as they reportedly contained an excessive amount of pesticide residues, as reported on February 5 by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, RASFF).
The analyses carried out by the German authorities detected a concentration of methyl chlorpyrifos of 0.35 mg / kg in Spanish oranges.
Chlorpyrifos is a broad spectrum organophosphate insecticide, the use of which was banned by the European Union (EU) on December 6, 2