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No contaminated tomatoes imported from Greece
Belgrade,
20 July 2006
Deputy Director of the Customs Administration at the Serbian Ministry of Finance Vesna Jeremic said today that there were no tomatoes imported from Greece that were allegedly contaminated with pesticides.
Jeremic told a press conference that a thorough investigation was launched immediately after the Serbian daily Blic published a report on July 14 saying that nearly 100 tugboats with pesticide-infected Greek tomato that Germany refused to import appeared in Serbian greenmarkets.
According to her, control was conducted on border crossings Horgos, Kelebija, Presevo and Batrovci, customs offices Subotica and Sombor as well as at customs control points Merdare and Konculj for the period from May 1 to July 17.
During this period, no trucks from Greece went to Germany whereas more than 50 tugboats carrying tomatoes entered Serbia at the Presevo border crossing on their way from Macedonia to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia but their exit from Serbia was confirmed on the Batrovci border crossing, Jeremic said.
She noted that 13,579 tonnes of tomato worth 657.3 million dinars was imported to Serbia during the period May 15 to July 14.
Head of the surveillance sector inspectorate at the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Stojan Arizanovic said that Serbia did not import tomatoes from Greece.
He also announced that agriculture inspectors took samples of tomato from greenmarkets across Serbia for analysis, which will be published shortly.
According to her, control was conducted on border crossings Horgos, Kelebija, Presevo and Batrovci, customs offices Subotica and Sombor as well as at customs control points Merdare and Konculj for the period from May 1 to July 17.
During this period, no trucks from Greece went to Germany whereas more than 50 tugboats carrying tomatoes entered Serbia at the Presevo border crossing on their way from Macedonia to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia but their exit from Serbia was confirmed on the Batrovci border crossing, Jeremic said.
She noted that 13,579 tonnes of tomato worth 657.3 million dinars was imported to Serbia during the period May 15 to July 14.
Head of the surveillance sector inspectorate at the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Stojan Arizanovic said that Serbia did not import tomatoes from Greece.
He also announced that agriculture inspectors took samples of tomato from greenmarkets across Serbia for analysis, which will be published shortly.
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