Dive Summary:
- In a new study by Food Sentry, largest number of consumer complaints regarding the use of pesticides in food were products imported from China.
- The study then investigated those concerns in an effort to elucidate whether they were founded in reality or just consumer mentality.
- Food Sentry found that many products from China do have large amounts of adulterations and pesticides, more so than anywhere else.
From the article:
“Any walk through a grocery store will turn up literally hundreds of items from China,” said Scott Witt, Food
Sentry’s COO. “Chinese foods get a lot of bad press, so it’s worth taking a look at some hard data to see what
we can learn.”