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Kenya resumes regular EU chili export after 2-month ban

Kenya has resumed regular chili exports to the European Union (EU) after two months of interrupted exports following the interception of chillis in July that didn’t meet the union’s stringent phytosanitary standards. According to Kenya Plants Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) Managing Director Theophilus Mutui there have been no further interventions and the country is working […]

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Report highlights abundance of hazardous pests on Kenyan plates

According to a report by Route to Food Initiative, Kenyan tomatoes and kale are the leading agricultural commodities with pesticide residue exceeding safe food limits Maize, wheat, coffee, potatoes, and tomatoes were found to require the largest volumes of pesticides, with a heavy reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). It further highlighted that 34 per

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