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Cengiz Balık: Russia is the export leader in products other than cherries
Pointing out that the Russian Federation is the leading market in the export of fresh fruits and vegetables from Turkey, excluding cherries, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Vice President Cengiz Balık said that the Russian Federation has been focusing on MRL values in recent years and pesticides not having a license in the country appear in the analysis which are a reason for the ban directly.
Noting that 5 grocery chains in the European Union have developed their own food control systems, Cengiz Balık said, “These markets do not accept the EU’s MRL values either. The EU wants 50 percent of their MRL value. This is why our exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the EU are declining. We have to match the MRL values of our biggest export market, the Russian Federation.”
“We have produced the product, packaged it and this analysis is being done. We must concentrate control on production. Let pesticide analyzes be in the production process. By using pheromone traps in agricultural control, we can complete the production season with a minimum of 5 sprayings and end the cluster moth population in 3 years”, he added…
