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05/04/2016
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Source: CBN
The loose supervision, outdated legislation and tax exemption ensure that the country continues heading the ranking in a position that brings serious risks to health.
Two bananas. That was the last sample taken by the Ministry of Agriculture in Ceagesp, the largest distribution center for fruits and vegetables in Brazil and one of the world's largest. The goal: to measure the pesticide residue in food. They pass by the São Paulo company 70 tons of bananas per year.
Anvisa divivide responsibility for researching pesticides in food with the Ministry of Agriculture. The latest results released by the Agency's 2012 and shows 28% of the samples with unsatisfactory results. The Ministry found in the last harvest that one in ten food waste was outside the bounds of law.
The situation worsened by the weakness in the control of pesticide outlets. The report of the CBN had facility to purchase restricted sale of products and requiring agricultural income - which would be equivalent to a prescription for prescription drugs. To make matters worse, the recipe came with the product, stamped by an agronomist and on behalf of another producer engineer. The penalty for this offense is two to four years in prison.
The supervision of the sale of pesticides should be borne by the state government. It turns out that in São Paulo, for example, since 2002, no fine for irregularities was applied, even in cases of repeated infringements. The director of the Union of Civil Servants of Agricultural Defense, Marco Antonio de Moraes, reckons that the government ignores the problem.
In a statement, Secretary of State for Agriculture of São Paulo took the difficulties in monitoring the purchase, sale and application of pesticides, but said it is routine or complaint in 40 regional units distributed by the state inspections. According to them, a federal decree 2002 prevents fines.
As a result of a historical policy of exemption from the federal government, the pesticides have lower taxes than products such as medicines, toothbrush and soap. In addition, producers pay much lower taxes to ground than to use in urban areas. In 2015, only 0.1% of all money collected by the IRS came from the Rural Land Tax, equivalent to the property tax field.
Source: Idec
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