Pesticides in yardlong beans (monocrotophos, dimethoate, omethoate, carbendazim)
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- fruits and vegetables
- Hazard
- carbendazim unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *** dimethoate - {pesticide residues} *** monocrotophos unauthorised substance - {pesticide
- Origin
- India
- Notifier
- Sweden
What is this? Yardlong beans are long green beans often eaten in salads or cooked. Some batches from India had too much pesticide left on them.
What's happening? Sweden stopped some yardlong beans from India because they had banned pesticides like monocrotophos and carbendazim.
Does this affect me? If you bought yardlong beans from India recently, they might have these pesticides.
What should I do? Throw them away or return them. If you ate them and feel unwell, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: carbendazim unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *** dimethoate - {pesticide residues} *** monocrotophos unauthorised substance - {pesticide · Origin: India · Notifier: Sweden
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