These products are withdrawn from the market. All information

The Ministry of Health informs the consumer public that the Health Services of the Ministry, in the context of conducting official controls on the market, have sampled the following two products, which, after laboratory tests by accredited laboratories of the General State Chemist were detected In both residues of the EU pesticide "Chlorpyriphos", while in the sample a / a 2 below, residues of the pesticide "Malathion" were detected, at levels above the maximum acceptable limits:

1. Food Name: PEPPERMINT MINT

Brand name: FINO

Ingredients: MINT

Batch Number: LOT. KΚ03030

Consumption preferably before / best before: 31/12/2024

Weight: 10g (10 envelopes / envelopes X 1g)

Country of Origin / Place of Origin: PACKAGED IN GREECE BY: TSIRBAS H. & CO OE, EVROU 100, 11527 ATHENS

Food Name: GROUND MINT - GROUND MINT
Brand name: CARNATION SPICES

Batch Number: L060821

Consumption preferably before: 31/01/2024

Net Weight: 165 gr.

Packed by: GEOHAKO LTD

The Health Services of the Ministry of Health have already informed the food companies that distribute the said products in the Cypriot market, with instructions for immediate recall / withdrawal of all quantities of the specific batches.

However, because some of these batches may already be in the possession of consumers, they are urged to avoid consuming them and if they wish to return them to the places where they bought them.