Sweet potato from Egypt via the Netherlands - increased mepiquat content
- Classification
- Non-compliance notification
- Risk
- No risk
- Category
- fruits and vegetables
- Hazard
- mepiquat - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- Egypt
- Notifier
- Austria
What is this? Sweet potatoes grown in Egypt and sent through the Netherlands have too much of a farming chemical called mepiquat.
What's happening? A test found extra mepiquat in these sweet potatoes. The amount is higher than allowed.
Does this affect me? If you bought sweet potatoes from Egypt in Austria or the Netherlands, check them.
What should I do? Stop eating them and ask your doctor or pharmacist what to do next.
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Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: mepiquat - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Egypt · Notifier: Austria
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