EU concerned over Egypt's lax pesticide controls

摘要

Egypt has insufficient controls and insufficient enforcement of controls governing pesticide use and the sale of illegal pesticides for use on fruit and vegetables bound for the EU. This was a conclusion of a recent European Commission's Health and Consumers Directorate General's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) report following a visit earlier this year. The objective of the visit was to evaluate the control system in Egypt for pesticides used on fruit and vegetables intended for export to the EU.