Recently, the Spanish authorities have discovered the carbendazim fungicide content exceeds the limit allowed in the black pepper shipment of a Vietnamese enterprise exported to Spain

According to the Spanish Trade Office in Spain, the Ministry of Health of Spain has sent a note informing the European Commission issued a warning notice for Vietnamese pepper after detecting excess carbendazime. Exceeding the permitted limit in the black pepper consignment of the Easter Joint Stock Company.

Initially, Spain would apply special controls on imports of black pepper at its border gates. This measure shall be maintained until formal quality assurance is obtained from the place of origin, the results of the timescale inspection, or until the European Commission issues inspection measures. Common to member countries.

Particularly with the black pepper shipments of the Easter Company, the organization will seize suspected specimens, analyze the total carbohydrate content of the carbendazim, store all batches awaiting official results. .

Vietnam is the second largest exporter of pepper to Spain, after China, with an export turnover of US $ 34.2 million in 2015, up 33.6% over 2014.

Export volume in January was estimated at 7,000 tonnes worth $ 67 million, down 30.2% in volume and down 31.5% year on year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Export value for the whole year of 2015 was 133,000 tonnes, valued at $ 1.26 billion, down 14.4% in volume but up 5% in value against that of 2014.

Hong Chau