Chemicals 200% above limit found in produce

Strawberries were among the food
items tested by the FSA.
Photo / Greg Bowker

By Martin Johnston | NZ Herald - May 14, 2008

Chemical residues up to 200 per cent above legal limits were found in fresh produce sampled for the Food Safety Authority.
The annual food residue surveillance programme tested unwashed capsicum, strawberries, lettuce, mushrooms and courgettes, from growers whom the authority will not name.

Only the courgette samples were all within the maximum residue levels for fungicides, insecticides and other agricultural chemicals.

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