A batch of Ukrainian grain was tested in Slovakia and found to contain elevated levels of pesticides
A Slovak company questioned the results of the Ukrainian tests, so additional tests were ordered in the EU
Additional tests have confirmed the presence of pesticides in Ukrainian grain that was delivered to a mill in southern Slovakia. Last month, the Slovak government banned the processing and sale of grain from Ukraine, and then banned the import of certain agricultural and food products from the country.
Source. This was reported by Polish Radio.
The presence of pesticides was discovered in mid-April in wheat imported from Ukraine. The company, which imported 1500 tons of grain, questioned the results of the research conducted by national services, so additional research was ordered in the EU laboratory.
Slovakia's Minister of Agriculture Samuel Vlčan said that the decisive tests conducted in Copenhagen confirmed the previous findings, i.e. the concentration of pesticides is above the permissible limit in the European Union.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy assured that there was no contamination of flour or other food products. The owner of the contaminated wheat was ordered to dispose of it or use it as technical grain.
Read more about why Ukrainian exports have faced more problems in Mind's article "It's getting harder to export grain from Ukraine. What can it be processed into domestically, where to use it, and who to sell it to?"
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