2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
In recent weeks, the markets in our country offer a huge amount of citrus, which attracts us with its bright colors and shiny commercial appearance. However, when touched, they stain the hands and this makes many consumers worry about the substances with which these exotic fruits have been treated.
Here is what Georgi Georgiev found on the issue and checked in the column of Nova TV In his turn.
Before appearing on the market, the fruits often go through the so-called wax polishing, which is allowed by law. According to BFSA experts, the waxes in question are safe for consumers. They also explain that it is because of the treatment with them that the fruits look brighter and more attractive.
It turns out, however, that traders use other techniques to give a more commercial look to the fruit. For example, some retailers paint green oranges and tangerines to look ripe and catch higher prices at the beginning of the season.
No one has the right to dye green fruits to make them look ripe, says Atanas Drobenov of the BFSA.
To find out if there were any colors in the citrus, the team of Nova TV checked in a laboratory several random fruits from the market. The results show that no dyes were found in tangerines and oranges.
In the meantime, it has become clear that citrus fruits from Argentina, Italy, Turkey and South Africa were found and stopped for distribution in the European Union last year, with pesticides above the norm.
In Bulgaria, fruits and vegetables with a high content of pesticides have also been stopped by the responsible authorities.
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