Study: Pesticides Remain No. 1 Food Safety Problem
Food Sentry, LLC, a global food source monitoring company based in Albuquerque, N.M., released its latest Food Risk Rating Guide, an analysis of 3,400 food safety violations associated with products exported from 117 different countries that occurred in 2013. The dataset consists of data gathered from multiple sources, including but not limited to, United States, Europe and Japanese regulatory entities. This data is then supplemented and analyzed by Food Sentry’s specially trained analysts.
The incidents in the dataset were comprised of raw or minimally processed food items that were found to be in violation of the inspecting country’s regulatory scheme, specifically seafood, vegetables, fruits, herbs/spices, dairy, meats, grains, nuts/seeds and more.