One sample of strawberries and three samples of peaches showed up in tests to have high levels of pesticide residue in 2013.

Answering a PQ by Opposition MP Paula Mifsud Bonnici, Consumer Affairs Minister Helena Dalli said legal action had been taken against the farmers involved.

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