Written by Charlotte Cunningham
The Potato Industry CIPC Stewardship Group (PICSG) has warned potato growers and buyers against applying sprout suppressant Chlorpropham (CIPC) at 2020 store loading. Charlotte Cunningham reports. The popular active, previously used on over 90% of the circa 3.5 million tonnes of potatoes stored in Britain, had its approval for use withdrawn by the European Commission on 8 January. The maximum ‘use-up’ period of nine months was set by the EU, with member states able to set their own date within that time frame. This means the last possible use-up date is 8 October – during the very early stages of potato store loading in a typical season. This date has now been officially confirmed as the use-up date in the UK. Dr Mike Storey, chair of the PICSG, said that businesses who have not been monitoring technical messages will be at risk of crops not passing inspection: “This will become an issue at the point at which the Maximum Residue Level (MRL) of CIPC allowable on potatoes for human consumption, which is currently 10 parts per million (ppm), drops to a new temporary MRL (tMRL). We think this will happen before the 2020 harvest comes out of store. “We don’t…
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