Ukraine denies DDT residues in wheat exports

Introduction: the French Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday that residues of DDT were found in Ukrainian wheat imported from France, but Kiev claimed that Ukraine had banned the use of DDT French authorities confirmed that DDT did exist in this batch of wheat The wheat arrived at the French port of bretni was shipped from the Ukrainian port of jurhine a few weeks ago A spokesman for the French Ministry of agriculture told Reuters that DDT was found in two of the samples after they were tested The ship's wheat was shipped to glon Sanders, France's largest producer of animal feed, which said DDT was found in only about 6000 tons of the 25000 tons of Ukrainian wheat imports Due to further tests, this batch of wheat has not been removed from the market, but this batch of wheat has not yet entered the field of food circulation In Europe, the import of Ukrainian wheat is a very controversial move, Ukrainian wheat pulled down the price of wheat within the EU and robbed the food markets of France and Britain Ukrainian government officials denied France's accusations that Ukraine, like many other countries in the world, had banned the use of DDT Ivan martunyuk, a food sector official at Ukraine's Ministry of agriculture, told Reuters that DDT has not been used in Ukraine for 10 years Oleksiy movchan, a plant quarantine official who checks wheat exports across the country, said the French accusation was absurd because Ukraine banned DDT use since the 1970s In France, DDT was banned in 1987 After a toxic infection scandal in Belgium in 1999 and a global panic, feed producers in Europe paid close attention to it The news of wheat infection in Ukraine came on Wednesday when the European Commission announced plans to reduce wheat inflows into the Black Sea through import quota management France, the largest wheat producer in the European Union, still maintains a free policy on Ukrainian wheat imports This batch of DDT infected wheat is only the second similar case found in France French farmers, however, have been fiercely opposed to EU wheat imports from Ukraine, calling for tighter restrictions on EU food imports Pierre Olivier drege, an onic official at the French Food Bureau, said the wheat would be seized and removed from the market Drege also said that by the end of July 2003, EU wheat imports will reach 9.5 million tons in 2002 / 03, which is almost 2 million tons higher than last year, and about 2.5 million tons higher than the average level in recent years Onic said the infected wheat had taught French feed producers a lesson after the first batch of wheat from the Black Sea region arrived in France last year, sparking widespread protests from French farmers (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: