Dear Ms. Sandra Gallina,
With this letter, PAN Europe wishes to follow up on our communication from April 2024 1 and express its profound concerns regarding the European Commission's ongoing practice of permitting residues of hazardous pesticides -banned within the EU- in imported food products. Specifically, we regret to see that no new proposal to delete all the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, and cyproconazole has been included on the agenda for the upcoming Standing Committee of Plants, Animals Food and Feed (PAFF) meeting on Pesticide Residues (25-26 November), despite the objections from the European Parliament.