Products exported from Turkey continue to be returned: All goods recalled, coming back to Turkey!
Returns of agricultural products exported from Turkey continue due to the detection of pesticide residues and aflatoxin. Following France, Bulgaria, and Poland, Sweden has also seized pistachios sent from Turkey.
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Problems with agricultural products exported from Turkey are growing.
Previously, dried figs from France, pistachios and pomegranates from Bulgaria, and pomegranates from Poland were returned due to high levels of pesticide residues and aflatoxin. Now, "Aflatoxin B1" has been detected in pistachios exported to Sweden.
SERIOUS WARNING FROM SWEDEN
According to the notification published in the European Commission's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), aflatoxin was found in pistachios sent from Turkey at levels far exceeding the maximum permitted value.
Swedish authorities announced that they had seized the product using the "serious" risk code in notification number 734683.
CAN CAUSE CANCER
According to RASFF data, the maximum permitted amount of Aflatoxin B1 in a product is stated as 8 µg/kg - ppb.
In the pistachios sent to Sweden, this value was measured at 56.0 ± 18 µg/kg - ppb. Experts emphasize that Aflatoxin B1 is both a toxic and carcinogenic substance, and also carries the risk of altering genetic structure.
Such problems, which frequently occur in agricultural products exported abroad, pose a major obstacle for Turkey's agricultural exports.