EU – Baltic States, Foodstuff, Legislation, Lithuania, Markets and Companies

Information about the unsafe shipment of fruit distributed in the European Union (EU) countries was sent by the responsible authority of Netherlands, writes LETA/ELTA.

Contaminated mangoes were imported from Brazil and dispersed in Ireland, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Lithuania by Dutch company Hage International BV.

The report informed that the examination of the fruit showed that the pesticide dimethoate and omethoate residues of fresh mangoes four times exceeded the maximum concentration. It amounted to 0.08 mg / kg, while the maximum permissible concentration is 0.02 mg / kg.

Vilnius branch of VMVT banned the distribution of unsafe Brazilian mango and ordered the company Longana which acquired the 74 kg of mango fruit from the Dutch company, to destroy the fruit shipment safely or return it to the distributor.