Vegetables and tea pesticide residue limits how much, and why so much of Chinese and foreign standards

April 28, according to Voice of China "news evening peak," news reports, [the world's largest tea brand -} {Lipton brand tea bags containing a variety of pesticide residues exceeding} news caused widespread concern! The mechanism according to the survey by Greenpeace show: "Lipton" green tea, jasmine tea and Tie Guan Yin tea bags, all containing the State in the use of highly toxic pesticides in tea - "Methomyl." The report specifically mentioned, China's pesticide residue limits even more than 30 times as much as the European liberal. On the public health effects of pesticide residues is long-term, serious, today, the relevant state departments to explain to this problem.

Chinese pesticide residue limits too loose, but also qualified.

In reporting this NGO mentioned, our government promulgated standard states: Methomyl MRLs is 3mg / kg, while the maximum residue limits to the EU is only 0.1mg / kg. Chinese and foreign standards for the huge difference, Ministry of Agriculture [0.00 0.00% stock research reports, quality and safety Authority Dong Hongyan Commissioner said that the Codex Alimentarius has not developed tea methomyl residue limits of 3mg / kg standard is safe a.

Dong Hongyan: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, 2011 release methomyl MRL is 3mg / kg, one of the considerations is that China is a major producer and exporter of tea trading countries, is the result of rigorous evaluation, can reach 3mg / kg of requirements, fully able to guarantee the safety of tea consumption. At the same time, low standard EU 0.1mg / kg, and has his own special considerations. Ministry of Agriculture researcher Jane Qiu pointed out that the EU is not tea producing countries, the annual import large quantities of tea from China, Sri Lanka and other countries, for the highly toxic pesticide methomyl perform this exacting standards, from the perspective of trade protection.

The limits can come up and give you the weight of China as the negotiations to use. He's the 0.1, and our 3 are not comparable. Jane Qiu further stated that the EU pesticide residue limits many as a dozen ten thousand, 0.1mg / kg of methomyl cap standard, it is not always checked. In other words, such a low standard, but the chips EU trade negotiations.