While more than half of the foods tested had pesticide residues, less than 1 percent of the commodities covered by the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program had levels above legal limits.
The annual report from the
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USDA’s claims food in U.S. ‘among safest in world’ based on latest pesticide tests
The U.S. Department of Agriculture choose this week before Christmas to release pesticide data for 2017 upon which it declared the U.S. food supply is “among the safest in the world.”
USDA’s Pesticide Data Program
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Triple play: EWG posts ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of fresh produce items
Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Sonya Lunder, senior analyst for the Environmental Working Group, is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from
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Triple play: AFF says rest easy, eat your fruits and vegetables
Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by the Alliance for Food and Farming is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working
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Triple play: ‘Pro-choice nutritionist’ calls out produce guides
Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by Toby Amidor is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working Group and the Alliance
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Beach Beat: The main event EWG vs. AFF — no holds barred
The “Dirty Dozen” is in the news again and as usual I’m imaging a remake of the 1967 motion picture with a cauliflower playing Ernest Borgnine’s character, a cucumber in place of Donald Sutherland and
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Few pesticide worries in latest California sampling data
Almost four out of 10 samples of both domestically grown and imported fruits and vegetables that were put to the test by California showed no signs of pesticide residue — whatsoever.
Coming two weeks after
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Pesticide data report starts new debate cycle on fresh produce
It’s the silver anniversary for the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program, which marks 25 years with results from samples collected in 2015. It’s a comforting report because it shows American-grown fruits and vegetables are safe
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Fear-based safety messages may be hurting poorest consumers
New peer reviewed research published in Nutrition Today shows fear-based messaging tactics used by activist groups and some organic marketers that invoke safety concerns about non-organic produce may be having a negative impact on consumption
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The evolution of organic messaging moves away from fear
Editor’s note: This opinion piece was originally posted July 18, 2016, by the Alliance for Food and Farming. At the inaugural Organic Produce Summit in Monterey on July 14, we witnessed a messaging evolution
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Feds say you’ll be fine as long as you rinse those strawberries
Momma probably already told you to wash the strawberries. But did she say why? 
It’s that time year when advice from an environmental group goes up against messages from fruit and vegetable growers who produce,
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