The Chinese website of World Agrochemical Network reports: Recently, the European Parliament rejected the European Commission's proposal to "allow the import of more than 30 products containing pesticide thiacloprid residues." The proposal was rejected with 386 votes in favor, 186 against, and 52 abstentions.
The rejection by the European Parliament means that the maximum residue limit (MRL) of thiacloprid in imported food will remain at zero residue level. According to EU regulations, MRL is the maximum pesticide residue level allowed in food or feed. When the EU bans a certain pesticide, the MRL of the substance on imported products is set to 0.01mg/kg, which means zero original drug residue.
Thiacloprid is a new chloronicotinoid insecticide that can be widely used on many crops to control sucking and chewing mouthpart pests. However, due to its impact on pollinators such as bees, the European Union has taken action against it since 2013. Progressive restrictions.
This is the second veto issued by the European Parliament recently on the issue of pesticide residues in imported products.
In December last year, the European Parliament opposed the sale of rice containing tricyclazole on the EU market, citing health and environmental concerns as well as the principle of reciprocity between European and third-country food producers. Tricyclazole is a thiazole fungicide specially used to prevent and control rice blast. It belongs to the thiazole class. Its bactericidal mechanism is mainly to inhibit the formation of appressorium melanin, thereby inhibiting spore germination and appressorium formation, preventing the invasion of pathogens and reducing the occurrence of blast fungus spores. produce.
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