Biochemical method can only test 18% pesticides, it is difficult to ensure food safety, civic groups: research and development of new technologies, management from the source

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According to the latest statistics, the pesticide rapid screening biochemical method widely used in the country to check fruits and vegetables can only detect 18% of pesticides. How to maintain food safety? Citizens 'organizations concerned with food safety, such as the Housewives' Union, the Consumers 'Foundation, the Dinner Box Association, and the Parents' Association, have also put forward various opinions and suggestions on this issue.

Housewives Union Foundation: "Batch by batch inspection" is easy to mislead the public, rational drug use is the solution

A statement issued by the Housewives 'Union Environmental Protection Foundation said: The purpose of pesticide testing is to see where the problem lies, so as to effectively improve the way farmers apply pesticides. The fundamental solution to the pesticide residue problem is to teach farmers to use drugs rationally. Call on the government to implement the 10-year pesticide halving policy and advise farmers to switch to friendly farming.

Zhang Yuling, director of the Environmental Protection Foundation of the Housewives 'Union, said that each inspection method has advantages and disadvantages."The key point is to let everyone know what pesticides can only be tested. Don't let everyone misunderstand that it is a comprehensive inspection." Supermarkets or stores often advertise "batch by batch testing". Most people will mistakenly think that all pesticides have been tested. They do not know that biochemical methods can only test two types of pesticides.

"If we don't use biochemical methods, then what kind of inspection method does the government propose? On the one hand, it has to take care of food safety, and on the other hand, it has to protect the livelihood of farmers?" Chang Yu-ling believes that pesticides tested by biochemical methods are highly toxic, and they still have value in some high-risk crops. However, she still hopes that relevant units can develop new rapid screening methods as soon as possible, which can not only ensure consumer safety but also reduce farmers 'losses.

Without proper source management, relying only on terminal inspection may cause waste of innocent agricultural products (Photo/Cai Jiashan)

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