A. Is it true that pesticide residues are abundant on fruits and vegetables?

In the pesticide residue tolerance setting, the overall tolerance of the pesticide must be set, while keeping in mind that the public may be ingested from various agricultural products to agricultural a pesticide, the process necessitates a large number of experiments and scientific research. The final link is the expert meeting, which aims to review the aforementioned experiments and research results are consistent withwater testing tds meter scientific principles, and the final estimate of residues, as long as the agricultural products meet this residue standard, even if the agricultural products are not washed, can still be metabolized by the human body normally by human consumption.

Because different countries have different climatic conditions and pest conditions, domestic pesticide residue tolerance standards may occasionally be higher than international standards, and the Commission will also require government authorities to clearly explain to consumers why the need to amend the original standard and the reasonableness of the risk communication, prior to the official announcement of the relevant standards.

Domestic and foreign countries set pesticide MRL (maximum residue tolerance) based on the same scientific assessment practices; however, although the international ADI value for pesticides (maximum daily safe intake) is the same or similar, countries will consider the intake pathways of different agricultural products to set MRL, so differ. This is standard practice.

Each country's pesticide residue tolerances will be adjusted based on local crop cultivation conditions, dietary habits, and other factors. In terms of dietary habits, the more frequently our people eat agricultural products, the greater the risk of ingesting pesticides from them, so domestic formulation of pesticide residue levels in agricultural products will be more stringent than in other countries that eat less agricultural products.

Second, in which cases should pesticide residue tolerance standards be modified?

The needs of farmers in planting fruits and vegetables (for example, because the original drugs have developed resistance), harmonization with international standards, the application of foreign operators to set pesticide residue tolerances for imported fruits and vegetables are all common reasons for modifying the original standards for certain pesticide residue tolerances. And so forth.

If the amended standard is more lenient than the existing standard, the expert committee will usually have more discussion. In addition to ensuring that the estimated pesticide intake will not pose human health risks as a result of the revised standards, it is also necessary to confirm that the relevant residue tolerance standards are in accordance with international standards.

The development of pesticide residue tolerance standards, initially with a more cautious attitude to think, with the subsequent increase in scientific evidence, the government will be based on facts and objective conditions to do a moderate degree of relaxation, but whether the standards are limited or relaxed, there must be a basis.

Pesticide residue tolerance revision process, may be a new pesticide on the market, or international new scientific research evidence, the Agricultural Commission, food or pesticide trade associations to the relevant units to apply, and then held an expert meeting, please chemical, pesticide, food, and other experts from all walks of life to discuss the pesticide residue tolerance.

Not only will the relevant departments be in the vegetable stalls or hypermarkets and other agricultural products sales channel for sampling and testing of agricultural products, if found in excess of the pesticide residue conditions, will be traced back to the source, and professionals will be asked to go back to monitor the situation of pesticide application in the field.