Brussels, 20/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll confirmed at a meeting with representatives of cherry producers on Tuesday 19 April that dimethoate will remain a banned substance in France in the treatment of cherries against the Drosophila suzukii fly (see EUROPE 11533 and 11530).
Le Foll also said that the national safeguard clause banning the import of cherries from countries which permit the treatment of cherries with dimethoate would come into force...