Ica stop several tons of poisonous apples – Expressen

Ica stop a variety of apples from Poland, writes SVT Helsingborg.

It should move about 19 tonnes.

The reason is the high toxicity levels .

Ica stop the sale of a large batch of apples immediately, reports the SVT Helsingborg .

the reason: they contain levels of pesticides. Married content is eight times higher than allowed – and can affect the central nervous system in humans, according to SVT.

– We have made a recall of the current batch of apples, and therefore the product is stopped for consumer sales, says Therese Lystedt at ICA Sweden in a press release.

Apples from Poland

the apples the case of the brand Variety Paula Red, and coming from Poland. According to SVT, they were bought by the wholesaler ICA Sweden in Helsingborg.

NFA discovered the high level of poison in a sample.

– We think it is unacceptable that it should remain on the market . Therefore, we have said that they will withdraw from the store, says Anders Jansson, surveyor of the NFA, to SVT.

The agency has also sent an alarm to the European Commission.

Common funds in many fruits

the apples are said to contain 0.08 milligrams per kilogram of chlorpyrifos. Permissible content is 0:01 milligrams per kilogram.

– The EU has recently reduced the permissible level of chlorpyrifos to 0.01 milligrams per kilogram from the previous 0.5, so now we will contact all our suppliers of apples to ensure they know the new rules and deliver apples within permissible limits, says Therese Lystedt of Ica in the press release.

in total there are about nearly 1600 cases – about 19 tons of apples – now revoked, reports SVT .

Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide and is in SNCC common in many fruits. The subject suspected of interfering with brain development.