Aldi asks suppliers to stop using pesticides
German discount retailer Aldi has asked its German and Dutch fruit and vegetable suppliers to stop using eight pesticides that were found hazardous to bees. According to a press release from Greenpeace, Aldi Süd has asked the suppliers to bring this to effect at the earliest. These eight pesticides include, thiamethoxam, chlorpyrifos, clothianidin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fipronil, imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor.
It is belived that the Aldi Süd would have communicated this in a letter to Greenpeace. Aldi is the first large European retail to put a stop on the use of these pesticides, which is found hazardous to the bees. The Dutch and German growers, who supply fruits and vegetables to Aldi Süd, now will have to adapt their cultivation to suit the new requirement from Aldi. According to Greenpeace, this would not be a huge problem. More and more farmers and growers succeed in cultivating food without using these pesticides, Greenpeace said in the news release.
Nefyto, the trade association of the agrochemical industry in the Netherlands, considers the requirement of Aldi Süd undesirable and inappropriate. Nefyto Secretary Jo Ottenheim says, “As a society we have an usage policy. Pesticides and similar products may only be used if the risks have been assessed and approved. Aldi now begins for Ctgb (College for the authorization of plant protection products and biocides) play and that is undesirable.
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