ISSUE ON RED CHILI imported from various country to Malaysia is a going on according to the market demands. The government won’t allow any more red chillies to be imported from Vietnam until the end of this year. This was because samples of red chillies from Vietnam and few other countries have been found to contain maximum residue limits (MRL) that exceeded the permitted levels. The ministry has sent a notification to the Vietnamese authorities to take the appropriate action and report the preventive measures that are taken in which would allow the ban on imports to be lifted. The ministry also set the conditions for sanitation and phytosanitation for the import of fresh chillies from Vietnam such as requiring certification for good agricultural practices and encouraging the planting and production of local chillies which are free of pesticides and of good quality to meet domestic demand. Issue on what the government was doing to tackle the issue of contaminated imported chillies sold in local markets that did not comply with the Food Act 1983 and the Food Regulations 1985 due to pesticide residues last year. Currently through the Malaysian Inspection and Quarantine Service Department (MAQIS) it was constantly monitoring the imports of agricultural products, especially from Vietnam. There are a viral video clip which showed pesticides being added to durians to make them look fresh, Sim said it was an old video and the incident did not take place in Malaysia. Source: Bernama
Thank you.
By,
M Anim,
Senior Agronomist,
Malaysia.
(Febuary 2020).
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