Are we eating "them" that the EU doesn't eat?

2025-04-03 20:55:23Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA LUTFI DERVISHI
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A shipment of peppers from Albania has been rejected by Croatia after tests showed they contained pesticides beyond the limits allowed by the EU.

The news was not released by any Albanian institution. It did not come from either the Ministry of Agriculture or the National Food Authority.

It was made public by the EU's rapid alert system for food, RAFFS, and reported by Report TV.

Question: Where did these peppers end up? Have they returned to the market?

In any country with functional institutions, such a case would be accompanied by press conferences, consumer warnings, immediate measures, and product tracking.

So far: no reaction. No announcement.

We don't know:

What was the manufacturing company?

What is the exporting company?

Which customs point did the cargo pass through?

Which laboratory released the analysis for export?

Has the farmer received funds from AZHBR?

Did peppers return to Albania?

Were they destroyed?

Or… have they been put on the market, as in the case of tangerines?

Simple questions. But no answers.

This is not the first case. Nor is it the most serious.

It's not a matter of panic.

It's a matter of the right to know what you put in your mouth. When an EU country rejects vegetables because of pesticides, we have the right to know where that product is today.

This is not about the complex results of justice reform.

This is about food safety. And institutions must clarify what happened, who was responsible, and what measures were taken.

This is not a luxury requirement. It is a minimum requirement for public trust.

Otherwise, we risk becoming the country where what Europe doesn't eat, we eat, without knowing it, and paying for it... like the French do with chicken!

Or do we "find nothing?!"


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