From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):

The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health of the European Union has agreed to set maximum permitted levels of perchlorate in food and has asked all member states of the European Union and traders to monitor compliance with these standards, especially in the case of fruits and vegetables from greenhouses.

The objective is to guarantee the protection of consumers. It is for this reason that the EU member states have agreed that commercialisation should be allowed of the following foods as long as they respect the established reference levels in fruits and vegetables is the maximum permitted level is 0.5 mg / kg, except for the citrus fruits, tubers, grapes, spinach, melon and watermelon whose level is 0.2 mg / kg.

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Three neonicotinoid pesticides used in growing plants and cereals have been banned because they are considered harmful to bees.

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Europa Prohibits Three Pesticides

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The European Commission has decided to restrict the use of three pesticides used in the growing of plants and cereals, after having verified that they are harmful to bees.

From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):

The European Commission (EC) decided to restrict the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides used in the growing of plants and cereals, after finding that these are harmful to bees. The restrictions set out in regulation 485/2013 amending Regulation 540/2011 and specifically prohibits the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and tiametoxan, from May 25, 2013.

Europe Reduces Agrochemical Limits for Pineapple

September 2009

Starting November, regulations will allow lower limits for the agrochemical known as Ethepon.

0.5 ppm will be the new maximum, which still needs approval from the European Parliament.

"This new limit will be valid for a year, while the European Food Safety authority makes further evaluations...", said spokespersons from the Costa Rican Phytosanitary Service, to website Elfinancierocr.com.