The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will not tolerate imports of food products treated with thiacloprid - the active ingredient in a neonicotinoid pesticide produced by Bayer and now banned in the EU.
On Thursday 11 January, MEPs objected (48 votes in favour, 18 against, 14 abstentions) to a European Commission proposal to lower all existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for thiacloprid to the limits of determination (LODs), with the...