MFVP warns chilli pepper suppliers of pesticide residues

MYANMAR Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Ex­porter Association (MFVP) warned suppliers and export­ers to monitor pesticide resi­dues on chilli pepper.

 

Exporting companies need to send chilli pepper samples to the Crop Protection Division of the Agriculture Department for assessment. Agricultural produce is allowed to be ex­ported only after assessment at the quality control laboratory holding ISO 17025 certification, to which the division forwarded the sample, MFVP notified.

 

Pesticide residues such as Chlorpyrifos, Triazophos, Glyphosate and Aflatoxin were detected in dried chilli pepper and fresh chilli pepper that were recently delivered to Thailand. Consequently, MFVP warned companies and grow­ers to obtain approval from the lab first, prior to export.

 

The laboratories are locat­ed at Seed Farm of the Agricul­ture Department on Bayint­naung Road in Insein Township at 01 644214 and 01 644019, FID­SL (Food Industries Develop­ment Supporting Laboratory) at UMFCCI Tower on 7^th floor in Lanmadaw Township via 01 2300376 and 09 263213270, FDA Laboratory of the Department of Medical Research at Ziwa­ka Street, in Dagon Township via 01 379653, SGS Myanmar at 79 D, Bochain Street, 6.5 mile branch in Hlaing Township via 01 9664771, 01 9664772, and 01 9664773, U Kar Ka Food Testing Laboratory in Industrial Zone 1 on 64 Street in Mandalay via 09 974092095 and 09 798888998, and FDA Laboratory in Nay Pyi Taw via 067 403609. — NN/KK