News 19.05.2026 Pesticides politics and law foodwatch laboratory tests reveal the presence of pesticide residues in everyday foods — including substances not approved in the EU. The European Commission must stop the “toxic pesticides boomerang”. Pesticides that are not approved for use or sale in the EU have been found in everyday food products such as rice, tea and spices. New laboratory tests on 64 products from the Netherlands, France, Austria and Germany detected residues of multiple pesticides — including substances no longer approved in the EU. Although these chemicals are not allowed on the EU market, they can still be exported from European Member States to third countries. From there, they can return to Europe as residues in imported food — a “toxic pesticides boomerang” that puts consumers at risk.…