The Moroccan League for the Protection of Consumer Rights held the responsibility of the Moroccan red watermelon, which is harmful to health, about which controversy has arisen recently, to the National Office for Health Safety of Food Products, known as “UNSA” for short.
The Moroccan League for the Protection of Consumer Rights considered that the responsibility of the National Office for Health Safety of Food Products lies in its failure to monitor origins and farms and legalize the sale of agricultural medicines.
The same source confirmed that the pesticides that were detected in samples of the red watermelon “Al-Dalah” sold in Agadir are not licensed and are not subject to applicable standards, neither nationally nor internationally.
The aforementioned university added that the substances “flunicamide” and “triadimenol” are classified as dangerous pesticides, which may cause serious diseases, such as “cancer, tremors, and paralysis, whose symptoms often do not appear immediately, but rather in the future.”
The aforementioned association stressed that “we cannot transfer watermelon from the estates and allow it to be sold to citizens, and suddenly we say that it contains pesticides.”
The Moroccan League for the Protection of Consumer Rights demanded that the owners of the estates have documents proving the safety of their products and that they are suitable for human consumption, and that they are free of banned pesticides.
The National Office for Health Safety of Food Products contacted the management of the commercial center “Morgan” in Agadir and alerted them to the necessity of withdrawing the red watermelon product from the display areas and from the stock because it contains substances harmful to health.
