In addition to chemicals detected in food products, fraudulent products continue to threaten public health, while the negative picture of the producers damages Türkiye’s reputation. While harmful chemicals continued to be detected in many of the food products exported abroad, the last scandal was experienced in lemon samples. In lemon produced in Türkiye and exported to European Union countries, extremely agricultural chemical; In other words, it was rejected from the border because it was detected. The lemons sent from Türkiye were detained for containing at least 12 times more than the limit determined by the EU in the analysis. After the analysis on the Bulgarian border, the “refund” decision is made for the lemons, while the pesticide detected in the lemons; The hormonal system is reflected in the EU’s Food Alarm System, which is a prochloraz, which is among the disruptive pesticides.
Endocrine disruptive
Food Bulletin Editor -in -Chief and Researcher Writer İhsan Yılmaz interpreted the last scandal, “According to the analysis, 0.726 +/- 0.363 mg/kg – ppm in lemon. If the EU’s limit for this active substance is tolerated for this active substance. Prochloraz is a known endocrine disruptive that causes developmental toxicity with multiple mechanisms of action “ he said.
Aflatoxin and Okratoxin
2 thousand 500 tons of potatoes exported to Tunisia in the past weeks was returned to the piss because of a harmful bacteria Yilmaz, “2024 most boundary rejection warning, dry fig, pepper, pistachio, lemon and grape samples after analyzes, dry figs and pistachios in high rate of health to health is detected. Pepper, lemon and grapes are constantly returned to Türkiye because of the high rate of pesticide residues “ he said.
Chlorprifos 30 times more
Turkish Kidney Foundation (TBV) President Timur Erk pointed out that pesticide residues are not limited to vegetables, while drawing attention to harmful chemicals in a wide variety of foods such as pulses, meat, milk and eggs. Erk draws attention to the danger in lemon, said: “New year; ‘European Union Food Alarm System’, the first notification from Türkiye was lemon on January 3. In the analysis, the forbidden agricultural chemicals in lemon grown in Türkiye were identified; According to the results of the analysis, the amount of chlorprifos in lemon exceeds the EU limit 30 times. “
Cadmium risk
On the other hand, the most striking notification of Türkiye’s agricultural products exported to Europe was related to the pine peanuts. In the market analysis in Italy recently, it was found that the shelled peanut pine exported from Türkiye contained approximately 2 times the tolerable limit. Experts pointed out that it causes acute gastro -intestinal effects such as food intake, vomiting and diarrhea with cadmium, while the internal medicine specialist Ayça Kaya gave the following warnings: “Exposure to cadmium and other chemicals can cause kidney, bone and lung disease. Pesticides have the potential to affect the nervous system. Pesticides also poisonous and cancer chemicals.
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