Sunday, August 21, 2016

Apples stopped after high levels of the poison – Expressen

NFA stops now, sales of apple resort Granny Smith, from Lidl.

The reason is that apples have an impermissibly high levels of a toxic pesticide, writes TT.

It is this insecticide that is toxic and which now makes the NFA stops sales of Lidl green Granny Smith apples.

After a sampling showed it turns out that the apples contained ten times more of the agent than the EU limit allows. In Sweden, the substance banned since 2008.

According to the SNCC chlorpyrifos group “organophosphates” as the basis of several studies suspected of interfering with brain development.



Criticism of chlorpyrifos has been made several times

the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate has also said that the research available on organophosphates are deeply disturbing.

In a recently released report questioned SSNC therefore NFA recommendations on, among other things, a certain kind of grapes are harmless – because sometimes they sprayed with just chlorpyrifos.

this is not the first time that Lidl forced revoked groceries. On August 1, 2016 were recalled peanuts and yogurt to the missing warnings that they may contain nuts and milk.

Last year, revoked the fried chicken in slices, the brand Dulano as allergy information was unclear.



Granny Smith a popular apple varieties

Apples, according to a report by ICA Sweden’s second biggest selling fruit, banana.

at the Granny Smith is a popular apple varieties in Sweden and used both EATER and COOKER. Apple resort is special with its durability, which is due to the apple’s high acid content.

The name of the apple comes from the one who discovered it, an Australian borgmästarfru named Mary Ann Smith.

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