AFSA: Azerbaijan bans import, use of over 230 chemical-toxic substances

The Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency (AFSA) has prepared a list of banned toxic substances in the country in cooperation with entrepreneurs, AFSA Deputy Chairman Balarahim Guliyev said at the 4th Agribusiness Development Forum in Baku, Report informs.

The official noted that the list has come into force by the decision of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers, and the import and use of more than 230 chemical-toxic substances have been banned in the country.

"With the participation of various government agencies, we have discovered 14 burial sites of pesticides left over from the Soviet era in Azerbaijan. We have already eliminated contamination at 2 sites - in Aghstafa and Beylagan districts," Guliyev added.