Agronomy crops pineapple pineapple grower Exports & imports agrochemicals expanding cultivations pineapple exports Abel Chaves Alejandro Barrios Asociación Gremial de Productores de Soya Banco de Desarrollo Rural S.A. (Guatemala) Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporter (Costa Rica) Environment Fondo Especial para el Desarrollo Agropecuario (Rep. Dominicana)

Europe Reduces Agrochemical Limits for Pineapple

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

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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.

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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Europe agreed to maintain limits on agrochemicals on pineapple

September 2008

The European Union has maintain the residue levels for Ethepon agrochemical on pineapples, thereby eliminating the uncertainty that reigned since March.

Ethepon is an agrochemical that is used to help with ripening and the final color of pineapples that are exported.

The maximum limits were at 2 milligrams per kilo.