Feds consider upping allowable pesticide residue limits on food
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This article was published 10/08/2023 (836 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Canada is once again considering raising the amount of pesticide residue allowed on berries, sugar beets and other foods after public resistance to proposed changes prompted a two-year pause.
The evaluation process was halted in 2021 after it was revealed officials were planning to increase the amount of glyphosate — a common herbicide — allowed on imported foods. The pesticide industry was pushing for the changes, but public outcry over the allowances and the government’s lack of transparency forced it to backtrack on the plan and promise to rework its pesticide evaluation process.
In June, officials announced they would restart the “science-based process” of creating or updating the so-called “maximum residue limit” (MRL) on some pesticides. The MRL is the amount of pesticide residue allowed on foods sold in Canada and is determined by how and when the pesticide is used.
Canada is considering increasing how much pesticide residue can remain on some foods.
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