Title
Indiscriminate use of pesticides and lack of sanitary control in the domestic market in Peru
Other title
Uso indiscriminado de pesticidas y ausencia de control sanitario para el mercado interno en Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Pan American Health Organization
Abstract
This communication seeks to report the level of contamination of foodstuffs of animal and vegetable origin monitored by a health authority of Peru, namely the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA), in order to inform consumers and national authorities of the current situation of sanitary control of the Peruvian domestic market. Information was obtained from reports posted on the SENASA website. The data considered correspond to those present in evaluation reports of all food types of vegetable and animal origin analyzed in the period 2011–2015. Results for this period show that 202 samples of animal and plant origin were in violation of standards (noncompliant). Overall, 12.68% of food samples of animal origin and 24.87% of food samples of vegetable origin were noncompliant. Over the course of the studied period, a 30.73% increase in the proportion of noncompliant samples was observed, reaching as high as 50%. The levels of contamination of foods of animal and vegetable origin monitored by SENASA are concerning. It is thus recommended that concrete actions be implemented to address this situation, and that these actions be prioritized and planned with the involvement of all actors in Peru’s agricultural system in order to introduce the necessary regulatory changes and establish clear, measurable, and achievable indicators of monitoring and control to protect the health of the population.
Volume
42
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85052023439
Source
Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
ISSN of the container
10204989
Sponsor(s)
El informe No. 0032-2015-MINAGRI- SENASA-DIAIA-JCARRASCO, elaborado por el SENASA, detalla los productos agrí-colas que han sido rechazados por la FDA para su importación en los Estados Unidos de América en 2014 y 2015. En total, se con-tabilizan 69 documentos en los cuales se notifica el rechazo de quinua blanca, semi-lla de quinua, paprika entero, tangelo, le-chuga de cabeza y arveja, entre otros (13). A continuación, se comentan distintos as-pectos críticos de los alimentos analizados a partir del informe de 2013 (10).
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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