residues of pesticides in Chinese green tea
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Category
- cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea
- Hazard
- acetamiprid - {pesticide residues} *** chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *** dinotefuran - {pesticide residues} *** lambda-cy
- Origin
- China
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? Some green tea from China has small amounts of pesticides that should not be there. These pesticides are called acetamiprid, chlorpyrifos, dinotefuran, and lambda-cyhalothrin.
What's happening? The tea was stopped at the border in the Netherlands because it had too much pesticide.
Does this affect me? If you have green tea from China in small packs, it might be affected.
What should I do? Stop using the tea and ask your pharmacist or doctor if you feel unwell.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea · Hazard: acetamiprid - {pesticide residues} *** chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} *** dinotefuran - {pesticide residues} *** lambda-cy · Origin: China · Notifier: Netherlands
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