Assumption, IP.- The National Service for Plant and Seed Quality and Health (Senave) announced that in the coming days the new equipment for detecting pesticide residues will be fully operational, which will be applied to Paraguayan sesame for export, thus strengthening the control systems of quality to meet the phytosanitary demands of international markets.
This was announced this Friday, Francisco Regis Mereles, president of the institution, within the framework of his visit to the field day on sesame production technology and launch of the IPTA 7 variety, held at the Experimental Field of the Paraguayan Institute of Agrarian Technology from Choré, department of San Pedro.
Mereles explained that what is intended is to provide a definitive solution to the repeatedly repeated problem of the rejection of shipments of Paraguayan sesame for exceeding the maximum limits of pesticide residues established in very demanding markets such as Japan.
He recalled that due to this problem, at the end of last year and at the request of the National Government, a technical mission from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) collaborated in carrying out a diagnosis of the current situation of the verification procedures applied to the export sesame.
In addition to the improvement in analyses, emphasis will be placed on the traceability processes of the sector, on cultural care and good practices by producers.
Mereles took the opportunity to clarify to the producers present everything related to the use of seeds for their own use. Last year, a total of 34,470 tons of sesame were exported.
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2024-04-27 16:14:57
