Isegbe, the coordinating director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, disclosed this on Thursday.
The EU had banned importation of Nigeria’s dried beans in June 2015 on the ground that the produce contains high level of pesticide considered dangerous to human health.
Isegbe lamented that the extension came when the federal government and its relevant agencies were working to ensure that the June deadline to lift the ban was met.
He quoted the official journal of the EU, as accusing Nigeria of not doing enough to lift the ban during the period of suspension.
“The continued presence of dichlorvos (pesticide) in dried beans imported from Nigeria and maximum residue levels of pesticides shows that compliance with food law requirement as regards pesticide residual cannot be achieved in the short term,” he said.
“The duration of the importation prohibition should therefore be extended for an additional period of three years to allow Nigeria implement the appropriate risk-management measure and provide required guarantees.”
“The measures provided for in this regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the standing committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,” Isegbe further quoted the journal as saying.
He, however, said the extension should serve as opportunity for all to put their hands together to correct the mistake.
Isegbe called for sensitisation of farmers to do the needful from the farming stage and ensure that this embarrassment do not repeat itself. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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If too much pesticide in our beans is bad for Europe to eat, it is also bad for the health of Nigerians.
ReplyDeleteFarmers must do the right thing. The same for all agricultural produce.
APC will kill all Nigerians before they will rest. How can they be giving us poisonous beans to eat
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Deleteblock head anonymous.so apc has been in government two years ago wen the food was banned. olodo
DeleteSo unfortunate, and we hav b here eaten wit joy in spite of its sky rocketing of d price. God pls help us
ReplyDeleteIs it Apc that grows the beans & preserve them, don't we know where the beans comes from & how many nigerians have died consuming this beans,we don't need americas in our business.
ReplyDeleteIs it Apc that grows the beans & preserve them, don't we know where the beans comes from & how many nigerians have died consuming this beans,we don't need americas in our business.
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