Peaches in Bosnia and Herzegovina were imported by the presence of pesticides, the active substance of chlorpyrophos, which is not in accordance with the Ordinance on the maximum levels of pesticide residues in plant and animal origin.
The presence of pesticides was determined by the Food Safety Agency of BiH, after the disputed goods have duly crossed the border and entered our country.
It is about peaches originating from Albania. The importer in BiH is Sejo Prom Sarajevo, the exporter is Zhaku Metushi from Strum, and Lot is 12.08.2025. The year of harvest is 2025, Class II.
The rapid risk assessment conducted by the Food Safety, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was determined that the consumption of peaches with the determined value of chlorpyrifos in children has significantly exceeded an acute reference dose, which is a high risk of health, emphasized from this Agency.
There is no control
We talked about the President of the Association of Farmers Nedžado.
According to him, everything and everything is imported in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To our question who is guilty of this, our interlocutor says:
– I consider responsible all institutions that are in charge of crossing the border and the entry of goods, especially food goods that are not checked, so here, and endanger the lives of citizens.
The second key thing is that such goods are threatened by domestic production, because these goods are of doubtful quality, the goods that is most likely procured on some kinds of bagatial prices. We wonder what a phytosanitary inspection on borders is doing. The most important thing to stop it once and brought under control.
The problem is that not only peaches are here. We are witnessing and themselves how many times have so far happened that something that contains illicit substances found in the market, so it is withdrawn from the market. How does it go into the state at all? Is there any controls? Well, it’s not a box of cigars that “patmer” in your pocket and cross the border. These are still large trucks, trucks. These are things that are not good for the economy or the state – says beic.
The problem is where peaches ended
– Now no one else can know where those peaches are located. Who will burn it? It is some wholesale imported and sold retailers. Every shopping center should be controlled, each store, each market. God knows where it is all. While it all checks will pass too much time.
If the goods are not office should be determined on the border and return it, and not that the Food Safety Agency would be determined later. Then it’s too late. Do you know what happens to our commodities when they go from here towards the European Union or anywhere. If someone is not an interest in passing it, it keeps the days on the border. Then the trucks of the Kornišon, strawberries of strawberries and plums and others are declining. Waiting for phytosanitary inspectors, it stands two or three days on the border, then he has to go back and throw. People have rigorous controls. Only with us, it enters and imports how who will and when he wants – concludes our interlocutor.
Especially dangerous for children
Chlorpyrifos can cause Holinesterase inhibition in people in sufficient high doses, that is, can overly stimulate the nervous system by nausea, dizziness, and in very high exposures, respiratory paralysis and death.
All available information, as they stated from the Agency, submitted to further treatment of relevant inspection bodies, writes Factor.
