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Tamsin Paternoster

Fact-check: Did the EU-Mercosur trade agreement allow ‘worm-infested’ Brazilian coffee into Europe?

Widely-shared social media posts have falsely linked a rejected shipment of Brazilian coffee in Poland to the EU-Mercosur agreement, claiming that the deal has allowed contaminated products to enter Europe.

The claims emerged after Poland's Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection Agency (IJHARS) announced on Facebook that it had blocked 63,000 kilograms of raw green coffee from entering Poland.

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