Increased pesticide residues in frozen red peppers from Egypt
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Potential risk
- Category
- fruits and vegetables
- Hazard
- buprofezin - {pesticide residues} *** chlorfenapyr - {pesticide residues} *** chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} *** dimethoate - {pesticide residues
- Origin
- Egypt
- Notifier
- Lithuania
What is this? Frozen red peppers from Egypt have too much pesticide left on them.
What's happening? Lithuania found too much pesticide on these peppers. They stopped the peppers at the border.
Does this affect me? If you bought frozen red peppers from Egypt, you might have some.
What should I do? Throw them away or return them. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you feel sick.
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🔬 Medical / technical details (for professionals)
Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: buprofezin - {pesticide residues} *** chlorfenapyr - {pesticide residues} *** chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} *** dimethoate - {pesticide residues · Origin: Egypt · Notifier: Lithuania
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