List B of the official register of pesticides approved by the Ministry of Agriculture puts farmers in difficulties. In a few days, the alert system of the European Commission RAFFS signaled about two loads of peppers from Albania with pesticides beyond the allowed rates.
On July 10, a shipment of fresh peppers coming from Albania was detected in the Croatian warehouse with a high presence of pesticides, more specifically formatenate.
Two days later, on July 12, Czech customs announced that high amounts of famoxadone and formatenate, two pesticides that are considered dangerous, were found in white peppers coming from Albania. On the official website of the European Commission, the load is accompanied by the note "serious" for the damage it could cause if it were consumed. The results of the published analyzes that accompany the shipment show that 0.037 mg/kg – ppm of pesticide residues were found in them, out of the 0.01 mg/kg – ppm that is the allowed rate.
Methanate is a poisonous pesticide and is associated with the skull sign. In the guide sheet approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, it is stated that it is "very toxic to aquatic organisms, can cause long-term negative effects in the aquatic environment, and is toxic to bees".
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