Request to ban residues of EU-banned and hazardous pesticides in EU imported food

Submitted by pane on November 21, 2024 - 09:49

Dear Ms. Sandra Gallina, 

With this letter, PAN Europe wishes to follow up on our communication from April 2024 and express its profound concerns regarding the European Commission's ongoing practice of permitting residues of hazardous pesticides -banned within the EU- in imported food products. Specifically, we regret to see that no new proposal to delete all the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, and cyproconazole has been included on the agenda for the upcoming Standing Committee of Plants, Animals Food and Feed (PAFF) meeting on Pesticide Residues (25-26 November), despite the objections from the European Parliament. 

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