Celery is the product with the highest level of pesticide residue in Mercado Santa Anita

Senasa showed that 47% of the food collected in five markets across the country exceeded the mark.

October 15, 2024 | 10:09 hours.

National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) showed that 47% of food collected in five markets across the country exceeded the pesticide index allowed by Peruvian legislation, in which the celery manage the list.

According to the samples examined at the Santa Anita Market, That vegetable is the food with the highest proportion of toxinswith 21 toxic residues such as permethrin, profenophos and chloranthin, which are not registered for use in this particular vegetable.

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The second product with the highest insecticide index was the Chinese onion, with the presence of nine pesticides, followed by the pepper with two samples declared unsuitable for human consumption. Only the tomato was free of chemicals.

The study was carried out by the laboratory accredited by Senasa, Mérieux Nutrisciences, where they evaluated 60 samples of celery, Chinese onion, pepper and tomato in the Santa Anita Wholesale Market (Lima) and chalhua markets (Huaraz), The Dove (Arequipa), Wanchaq (Cusco) and Wells (Huanuco).

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The study was conducted between September 6 and 10 this year, analyzing multiple residues that identified more than 700 chemical substances. The information was shared in the Third Study of pesticides in food.

It is worth noting that, according to the Salud con Lupa report, Seven thousand tons of food products arrive at the Santa Anita Wholesale Market who come from Lima, Junín, Arequipa, Huánuco and Piura.