The lab results for Albanian Mandarins are released, AUV - Safe for Use

Lamir Thaci from AUV, in an answer to the Express, states that the tested “loads respond to legal food safety criteria, so they will be released for market circulation and consumption”.

His full confirmation:

The Food and Veterinary Agency today has accepted the results of laboratory tests of suspected pesticide residues on the allowed ( MRL) level in Albania's orgy Mandarine product and others. The results have confirmed that products from cargo/congents in question meet international food safety standards and are safe for consumption. Representatives' samples are taken from six shipments/congens of different origin, where four of them are from Albania. Values acquired by laboratory tests for suspected samples, always referring to limits defined with European Union No regulation. 396/2005 above the maximum levels of pesticide waste in food and food for animals of plant and animal origin, respectively, regulations/ amendments (EU) No. 2020/1085 for maximum waste levels for Chloryrifos and chloryrifios -methy, amendment/regulation (EU) 2023/1029, for maximum levels of waste per phosmet. The lab testing method is confirmation (EN 15662:2018). Tested shipments respond to legal food safety criteria, so they will be released for circulation in the market and consumption.

Feeling legal responsibility under the official mandate, we have acted immediately after raising doubts about the safety of the Mandarin product, even though not having been designed by RASFF for products that are sent to any form or other market in Kosovo. Now with laboratory results released, it has been confirmed that Mandarins are safe for consumption. We will continue with cargo checks to import according to risk assessment, including additional control measures in all inspection stages, including sample seizures and laboratory tests. Any product aimed at our country's market is always inspected in monitoring the legal food safety criteria.