Croatian fruit has been found to contain traces of a banned pesticide. A few days ago, however, traces of an illicit pesticide were found in a small consignment of Croatian fruit -Neretva mandarins- which had made its way to neighbouring Slovenia.
Agronomist Robert Doko commented on the situation: ''What I heard is that it is the active substance chlorpyrifos which was found in the Croatian fruit, which went out of use a year and a half ago."
"We can talk about traces of pesticides in production, it isn't so dangerous for consumers either, but in any case we should pay attention to make sure things like that don't happen,'' added agricultural and economic analyst Niko Kapovic.
Croatian manufacturers and purchasers agree that such incidents should be completely eliminated, mostly because the famous and much loved Neretva mandarin is mostly sold outside of the borders of the Republic of Croatia.
