US EditionFrance Halts Imports of Food with Traces of Banned Pesticides
- France has banned food imports containing traces of five pesticides currently banned in the EU, aiming to ease farmers' opposition to the Mercosur trade deal with four South American nations.
- The five substances include fungicides Mancozebe, Thiophanate-Methyl, Carbendazim, Benomyl, and an herbicide Glufosinate, banned for health risks.
- French authorities state that current trace levels of these pesticides on food imports are deemed too high.
- The French measure requires approval from the EU Commission, which will review it on January 20.
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In full arms with Brussels, Paris issued a decree suspending imports into France of South American agricultural products treated with pesticides not authorised in the EU.
A ban from Thursday on imports into France of fruit and vegetables treated with five pesticides banned in Europe. Among the Twenty-Seven, France has taken this decision unilaterally, putting forward health arguments. The European Commission has ten days to pronounce itself. But the schedule of this announcement questions, just a few days before the signing of the free trade agreement with Latin America and in a context of agricultural anger. - P…
The ban on five pesticides has yet to get approval from Brussels, where Annie Genevard is on Wednesday for a special meeting with her European counterparts on Mercosur and the common agricultural policy.
As announced last Sunday, an order was made this Wednesday to ban imports of products treated with 5 substances banned in the EU pending "appropriate measures by the European Commission".
The import of agricultural products treated with substances banned in the EU will be suspended from Thursday.
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