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11/28/2016
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In an Anvisa study published on Friday (25), in which more than 12 thousand samples of 25 food types were analyzed, orange and pineapple appeared as the plants with the largest number of cases of agrochemical residues that present an acute health risk . The analysis took place between 2013 and 2015.
Among the 744 orange samples, 90 (12.1%) presented residues with potential acute risk. In the case of this fruit, Anvisa calls attention to the agrochemical carbofuran, which undergoes a re-evaluation process in the agency - 11% of the orange samples presented risk situations related to carbofuran.
Among the 240 pineapple samples, 12 were classified as acute risk, which is equivalent to 5% - in this case, the pesticide carbendazim was the most found.
Majority did not present an acute risk - Overall, the evaluation found that 1.11% of the samples represented a potential acute health risk - that is, the vast majority, almost 99%, did not present this problem.
This is the first time that Anvisa monitors this risk, related to the poisoning that can occur within a period of 24 hours after the consumption of food with residues in amounts established by Anvisa.
Twenty-five plant foods representing the diet of the Brazilian population were investigated: pineapple, zucchini, lettuce, rice, banana, potato, beet, onion, carrot, cabbage, beans, guava, orange, apple, papaya, , Corn (cornmeal), strawberry, cucumber, peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, wheat (flour) and grapes.
The samples were collected in retail establishments located in the capitals of the entire national territory. Anvisa surveyed 232 different pesticides in the monitored samples.
From the total of the samples monitored, 9,680 samples (80.3%) were considered satisfactory, and 5,062 of these samples (42.0%) did not present residues among the pesticides surveyed and 4,618 (38.3%) presented pesticide residues within the pesticides. Maximum Residue Limit (MRL), established by Anvisa.
2,371 samples (19.7%) were considered unsatisfactory, of which 362 of these samples (3.00%) presented residues above the MRL and 2,211 (18.3%) presented residues of pesticides not authorized for cultivation.
In the calculation of the risk of the consumption of the food analyzed were not considered food processing factors, such as the removal of fruit peel, washing, among others. Generally, when taken into account, there is usually a decrease in the concentration of residues in food. (Source: G1)
Source: Anvisa
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