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It should also be noted that all wheat exported from Lithuania to Algeria was inspected in accordance with the phytosanitary requirements of Algeria, as provided for in the International Plant Protection Convention. No non-compliance with the Algerian requirements was found in wheat samples from shipments destined for Algeria analyzed in the Crop Service laboratory.
It should be noted that Lithuanian cereals (wheat, barley, rye, rapeseed, peas, beans, etc.) are exported to many member states of the European Union or exported to other non-EU countries. The list of those countries includes several African and Asian countries. Importers of most countries are interested in buying Lithuanian grain as a product that meets high quality standards.
On Monday it was announced that Algeria intends to return to Lithuania 30 thousand tons of imported common wheat, which has been declared unfit for human consumption, Algerian media report. This sued the head of the agency responsible for importing grain into the country. However, neither the Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the companies and associations operating in the country had official data.
Abderrahmane Bouchahda, CEO of the Algerian cereal office OAIC, was fired due to a scandal that a large shipment of imported wheat from Lithuania turned out to be unfit for human consumption, reported liberte-algerie.com and other outlets in the country. The decision to fire him was reportedly made by Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad himself.
This body is the only one in the country that has a permit to import grain. It is said that 30 thousand. tonnes of common wheat from Lithuania were imported through a Swiss supplier, the transaction is commercial. The OAIC pointed out that the fault lies with the suppliers.
Anonymous Liberte sources said the production would be returned and the costs would have to be borne by the supplier, given that the grain did not meet the terms of the contract signed between the two parties. It is also intended to scrupulously review the control procedures.
The ship entered an Algerian port on November 9, where the goods were inspected. The analysis showed that “the beans were really toxic,” Liberte writes. The sample is claimed to have been analyzed by the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminology. It is claimed that samples are taken from each part of the 500 ton shipment, inspectors noted “colored seeds”.
“We immediately stopped the load to analyze the samples in an accredited laboratory,” the source said, citing unauthorized substances in the load.
The OAIC imports $ 3 billion worth of cereals a year into Algeria, according to algeriepartplus.com.
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