The Slovak Ministry of Agriculture on April 13 banned the processing of grain imported from Ukraine, as well as the sale of flour produced from it on the domestic market. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a message on the agency’s website.
The decision to restrict in Slovakia was made after a batch of wheat from Ukraine weighing 1.5 thousand tons, which was sent for threshing, was confirmed to contain a pesticide that is not allowed in the EU and has a negative impact on human health.
“The Ministry (…), together with subordinate organizations, will ensure the sampling of all grain and flour from Ukraine, which is already stored in Slovakia,” the ministry notes.
Slovakia will inform the EU member states and the Ukrainian Ambassador Miroslav Kastrana about the results of the analysis of the batch of Ukrainian grain.
Separately, this issue will be discussed by the ministers of agriculture of the Visegrad Four countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), as well as Romania and Bulgaria at a meeting on Friday.
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Slovakia does not recommend importing any Ukrainian grain and grain products,” the message says without specifying for how long this measure is being introduced.
Source: Rosbalt
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