Unauthorised substance carbendazim in chilly peppers from Uganda
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- fruits and vegetables
- Hazard
- carbendazim unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- Uganda
- Notifier
- Greece
What is this? Chilly peppers from Uganda may have a pesticide called carbendazim. This pesticide is not allowed in the EU.
What's happening? Greece found this problem and told the EU. The peppers were stopped at the border.
Does this affect me? If you bought chilly peppers from Uganda, you might have some. Check where your peppers came from.
What should I do? Throw them away or return them. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you feel unwell after eating them.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: carbendazim unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Uganda · Notifier: Greece
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