date:Mar 31, 2023
German health authorities notified the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) that they detected the presence of chlorothalonil, a fungicide that is considered carcinogenic, in melons imported from Costa Rica via the Netherlands.
Authorities detected that the melons had 0.08 mg/kg-ppm residues of chlorothalonil when its maximum residue limit is set at 0.01 mg/kg-ppm. According to information shared by RASFF and taken up by Hortoinfo, the product is (probably) no longer on the market.
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