Food safety recall round-up 1-7 September 2017
Pesticide residue in tea
Lithuania: Lithuanian authorities have warned about pesticide residues in tea imported from Sri Lanka.
Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (VMVT) said Ceylon tea „Premium“ of the „Dilmah“ brand with expiry date 30 March 2020 and batch number 1118412D83078 is affected.
It tested for pesticide diuron at 0.14 mg/kg when the maximum level is 0.05 mg/kg.
A total of 6,648 packages in 100g were imported into the country by UAB „Sakalas“.