date:Nov 13, 2020
According to a press release, issued last Wednesday, Finnish Customs officials have rejected more food products with pesticide residues by the end of October 2020 than during all of 2019. In autumn, excessive pesticide residues were found in Chinese and Peruvian beans, Egyptian dates, Polish-grown tomatoes, fresh Asian dragon fruit, as well as dried chilli peppers. Customs rejected a total of 37 imported consignments.
Suvi Ojanper, head of the food chemical research division at Customs: A total