Germany Pulled Some Argentine Wines Off Shelves

Argentinian newspaper "Clarín" is saying that Germany decided to pull some argentine wines off the country' shelves because of the presence of the antifungal agent natamycin in some wines.
From the article (translated-original is in spanish):

Upon the detection of an antibiotic in some Argentine wines exported to Germany, the head of the National Wine Institute of Argentina, Guillermo García, said that following this incident the Institute purchased some new equipment to do a more exhaustive quality control of the wine leaving the country, and declared that, "There are no risks to the health of those who consume them." (Added by me: Natamycin is being used in the USA in the diary industry).
The substance found in Germany is natamycin. Natamycin is not toxic or harmful to health and in some countries is permitted its use, but not in others such as Germany and the rest of Europe, said Garcia.
This incident occurred in late October by new controls made by the German authorities.
"We wanted to know what was happening and sent two technicians to learn the technique that was used. The Germans were using a 300 times more sensitive equipment than we had at the present time in the INV and therefore we could not detect it," said the official.
García emphasized that they are intending to have the same type of high and rigorous standards when it comes to quality control of wine exports. 
Despite all this, García said that the exports to Germany and the rest of Europe did not suffer at all. He noted that each winery should also do its own analysis.
Two hundred and thirty seven domestic and imported wines from producers such as Spain, Chile, South Africa, Mexico and the United States were tested. All wines, except for Argentina, passed the test without problems.

From a marketing point of view this is very dangerous indeed. I am sure that this kind of news make most of the wine producers in Argentina very nervous. Not good. Not good at all.

Update on 01/15:

Wines of Argentina is out with a press release:

“Through a statement signed by Wines Of Argentina’s President, Susana Balbo, it was noted that "In Argentina, the use of natamycin is not allowed during Stage 2 of  the production of wine. However, it is allowed during phase 1 (pipe cleaning , barrels and winemaking equipment) and is an approved component in cleaning products used  in the wineries, and it was already approved by the Argentine authorities (INV). One example is the Nat-3000, a cleaning product used in  barrels to prevent unwanted aftertastes.”

Link to the story here. Some are speculating of the real true intentions of the german authorities. The european wine market is not interested in more competition. And as we already know U$ 8 malbecs can be very, very good for everyday drinking. In euros that's only $ 5-6.