EU to Step Up Controls to Crack Down on Pesticides in Imported Food
Brussels (dpa) - The European Union is to step up controls to better detect imported food products containing particularly harmful pesticides banned in the bloc.
"If these pesticides are not allowed in the EU for reasons related to health protection in Europe, they should not be found as residues in our food," EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi told journalists on Tuesday.
This is to protect consumers in the EU from the substances but also to shield European farmers from a competitive disadvantage, Várhelyi said...
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