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Strawberries with pesticides from Greece, AKU: Analysis is awaited to decide whether or not to ban imports

2025-04-04 16:17:25Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Strawberries with pesticides from Greece, AKU: Analysis is awaited to decide
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Three shipments of strawberries imported from Greece to our country have been found to be contaminated with pesticides.

The concern was conveyed by RASFF, the European Commission's rapid alert system for food, about the three shipments of strawberries that were imported into our country.

One shipment arrived in Albania on February 17, another on March 5, and another on April 1. 

"In the context of transparency and public information, the National Food Authority, announces that for each case found (on the market or at Border Inspection Points), resulting in non-compliance with the requirements and standards of the legislation in force for imported products, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed - RASFF is notified. Regarding the case of the Strawberry product of a quantity of 52 kg, imported from the State of Greece, the NFA, based on the Risk-Based Monitoring Plan, implemented the delivery procedure on February 17, 2025 for laboratory analysis and after the result was released, it was committed through the traceability system to collect and withdraw this quantity of strawberries from the market. Based on the sales invoices submitted by the Food Business Operator, the entire quantity was sold.

Immediately after this incident, the National Food Authority conducted a risk assessment for this product and categorized it as high risk. For this, all Border Inspection Points were contacted to sample 10 consecutive shipments and block each strawberry shipment at the border until the results of each sample analysis are available for the product to continue to be imported from Greece.

The purpose of ordering such blockages in the PIK is to await any results of the analysis of samples in such cases. Based on these results, it will be determined whether the imports will be allowed for trade within the Albanian territory or will be returned to the country of origin. Regarding the media statement of the three cases of notification of the AKU by the RASFF system, we would like to inform you that it was the AKU that notified the RASFF system as a result of the correct implementation of the monitoring and sampling plans, both in the domestic market and at the border (PIK)", the AKU announces. 

The AKU does not say whether it has managed to block any quantity of the product, or how much of the quantity imported from Greece has been consumed by Albanians, but says it has notified entities to return the product if they still have it in stock.


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