The Cabinet’s media center has denied rumors on handling banned agricultural pesticides that cause poisoning of harvests in the market due to absence of supervision.

The Ministry of Agriculture described the news as void of truth, the center said in a statement on Tuesday 27/12/2022.

The ministry asserted that all pesticides sold in the markets are safe in accordance to quality standards and are not dangerous for public health or the harvests.

The media center urged the media means to be precise about the news they publish.

Source: State Information Service Egypt