WORLD IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : Pesticide Residue Holds Up Wines
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
U.S. officials said they have halted the importation of 49 French, Italian and Spanish wines containing small amounts of procymidone, a pesticide used in Europe and now undergoing safety review by the Environmental Protection Agency. A preliminary EPA assessment said it did not believe that the pesticide residue posed any significant health risk. The controversy involves 10% to 20% of the $1 billion in wine imported annually, most of it from Europe.
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