Notice of the Ministry of Health – Recall of food from the Cypriot market in which pesticide residues were identified
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The Ministry of Health informs the consumer public that the Health Services of the Ministry, as part of the official controls they carry out in market, have sampled the three (3) products below, in which, after laboratory tests by the accredited laboratories of the State General Chemistry, residues of the non-permitted in the EU were detected in all three. E. pesticide “Chlorpyrifos”, beyond the maximum acceptable limits.
In addition:
In the sample under a/a 2 below, residues of the allowed in EU. pesticide “Malathion“, at levels beyond the maximum acceptable limits.
In the sample under a/a 3 below, residues of the not allowed in the EU were also detected. pesticide “Profenofos“, at levels beyond the maximum acceptable limits.
