German authorities order a batch of Turkish tomatoes to be withdrawn from the market due to chlorothalonil residues
On March 29, the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported that the German health authorities had ordered a batch of tomatoes from Türkiye to be withdrawn from the market after they detected the tomatoes had 0.21 mg/kg-ppm residues of chlorothalonil, a substance that is banned in the European Union and that has a maximum residue limit (MRL) of 0.01 mg/kg-ppm.
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