date:Apr 25, 2014
able DPA levels on the conventionally grown apples we export, the European market represents only about 1.7 percent of total U.S. apple exports.
Is it something that were happy about? Certainly not. We hate to lose any of our export partners, but the thing with food safety is that any rules have to be grounded in sound science, and theres a question with the EU whether the science is sound, Brannen said.
There are about 7,500 apple growers across the U.S., who produce nearly 100 varieties of t