Saxony's Greens: Too many pesticides in fruit and vegetables

More than half of the fresh food inspected in Saxony contains pesticide residues, and three quarters of all samples of fresh fruit were affected. This is according to an answer from the Ministry of Health to a minor question from MP Wolfram Günther (Greens) in the state parliament. "It is obvious that pesticide contamination is high. The use of pesticides continues to increase and they end up in rivers and groundwater," said former Environment Minister Günther.

Food from Germany and the EU scored well in the inspections. Problems exist primarily with imports from non-European countries. Günther therefore called for regional producers to be strengthened as part of food safety.