Pesticide Residue Monitoring and Food Safety, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 25

Gandhi, Renu; Snedeker, Suzanne

Pesticide Residue Monitoring and Food Safety, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 25

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Permanent Link(s)

https://hdl.handle.net/1813/14549

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Author

Gandhi, Renu

Snedeker, Suzanne

Abstract

This fact sheet gives an overview of the federal regulations on the use of pesticides, and the federal programs that monitor pesticide residues in food, and also outlines some of the current issues being debated about pesticide residues in food. It also provides a listing of where to find more food safety related information.

Description

Fact sheet on pesticide residue food monitoring programs

Sponsorship

United States Department of Agriculture CSREES and the New York State Department of Health

Date Issued

1999-03

Publisher

Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors

Keywords

breast cancer

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pesticide

Type

fact sheet