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France has introduced temporary measures to temporarily suspend imports of fruit and vegetables containing residues of five pesticides banned in the EU.
While certain pesticides have long been banned in the EU due to their risks to the environment and health, this ban does not yet extend to the export of such plant protection products to countries outside the EU. They continue to be used in those countries and, when goods are imported from these countries, the residues return to the EU in products that have been treated with them.
In the French , the following products were placed on the temporary list of banned imports:
| Actives | Food (crude or prepared) |
| Carbendazim and Benomyl | Apples |
| Apricots | |
| Cherries (sweet) | |
| Clementines/mandarins | |
| Grapefruit | |
| Japanese medlars | |
| Lemons | |
| Limes | |
| Mangoes Papayas | |
| Medlars | |
| Oranges | |
| Other pome fruits | |
| Peaches | |
| Pears | |
| Plums | |
| Quinces | |
| Table grapes | |
| Wine grapes | |
| Aubergines | |
| Beans (with pods) | |
| Brussels sprouts | |
| Mushrooms, cultivated | |
| Okra | |
| Peas (with pods) | |
| Tomatoes | |
| Barley | |
| Oats | |
| Rye | |
| Soybeans | |
| Wheat | |
| Glufosinate | Potatoes |
| Thiophanate-methyl | Apples |
| Apricots | |
| Cherries (sweet) | |
| Clementines/mandarins | |
| Grapefruits | |
| Grapes | |
| Japanese medlars | |
| Lemons | |
| Limes | |
| Mangoes | |
| Medlars | |
| Melons | |
| Oranges | |
| Papayas | |
| Peaches | |
| Pears | |
| Plums | |
| Pome fruits (others) | |
| Quinces | |
| Watermelons | |
| Algae and prokaryotic organisms | |
| Aubergines | |
| Brussels sprouts | |
| Okra | |
| Pumpkins | |
| Tomatoes | |
| Barley | |
| Oats | |
| Rye | |
| Soybeans | |
| Wheat | |
| Mancozeb | Avocados |
| Blackcurrants | |
| Mangoes | |
| Melons | |
| Papayas | |
| Strawberries | |
| Table grapes | |
| Lettuce | |
| Peppers | |
| Potatoes |
YOUR PLUS: It goes without saying that these active ingredients are part of our routine testing packages for pesticide residues. The results are assessed in accordance with the applicable EU regulations, taking into account national regulations where applicable.
Author: Dr Frank Mörsberger, AGROLAB GROUP
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