date:May 10, 2019
safeguard measure of 2018, 2017 and 2016. The countries most impacted are Austria, Croatia, Romania, Czech Republic, Canada and the United States. Organic and frozen cherries are not impacted by this ban.
France justifies this exception to the EU regulation allowing its use by implementing a safeguard measure as allowed for in Article 54 of EU Regulation 178/2002. Frances decision followed the 2016 ban of dimethoate use in domestic production based on environmental concerns. Dimethoate was used