Following the ban on dried beans entering the European Union market, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria & ECOWAS Mr Michel Arrion has explained how Nigerian products, especially farm produces can gain easy access into EU markets.
Mr. Arrion told newsmen in an interview that the EU was concerned about quality and public health hence the ban on dried beans and rejections of some containers of smoked cat fish, egusi and sesame seeds.
According to him, if Nigeria improves on the quality of the products, the products will have access to the EU markets.
According to him, the EU is “attentive to the quality and the problem of pesticides and other toxins and residues. If we at the EU are rejecting a few containers of dried beans that are toxic, what is happening to the consumers in Nigeria or the region? This is a very serious issue directly linked to what we call pest management,” he noted.
