In a letter addressed to Stella Kyriakides, the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, on Wednesday 11 January, 45 non-governmental organisations called on the European Commission to stop allowing the import of food treated with pesticides that are not authorised in the European Union because they have been classified as mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction.
The NGOs welcomed the Commission's commitment to reducing the use of chemical pesticides and the risks associated with...