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Showing posts with label pesticides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pesticides. Show all posts
Thursday, November 9, 2017

FDA Report - Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program FY 2015

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FDA issued their 2015 Pesticide Monitoring Program Report.   Overall, the findings showed low levels of violations, and basically these numb...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Ben and Jerry's Changing Sourcing to Eliminate Glyphosate from Ingredients

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Ben and Jerry's  announced that they are making changes to their sourcing to eliminate the chemical glyphosate from ingredients they pur...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Europe - Eggs Contaminated with Pesticide Removed from Shelves

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In Europe, eggs (and products made from eggs) from farms in the Netherlands and Belgium are being pulled from store shelves after it was fou...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Annual USDA Pesticide Analysis Report for Produce

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Each year USDA releases their Pesticide Data Program report where they release findings of their sampling/testing program for pesticides i...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Study - Pesticide Levels on Produce Well Below Level for Health Concern

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In a recently published study in the Journal of Food Contamination, a UCDavis researcher found that pesticide levels in foods are far below ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Is Produce Safe from Pesticides? USDA Releases Pesticide Residue Testing Data

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The USDA released its annual pesticide residue testing data http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5106521  for 2012.  In ...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

EWG's Dirty Dozen of Fruit and Vegetables Overstates Real Risk

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Each year the Environmental Working Group, a consumer activist organization, releases a list it calls the ‘Dirty Dozen’ - the fruits and veg...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

USDA Program Report indicates that pesticides on food are not a risk in US Food Supply

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In a report on USDA’s monitoring program for pesticide residues in food, USDA states that pesticides do not pose a safety concern in foods. ...