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The EU have acceptable "Maximum Residue Levels" of Glyphosate in foods: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=pesticide
by abainbridge 9y ago
The EU have acceptable "Maximum Residue Levels" of Glyphosate in foods:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=pesticide.residue.CurrentMRL&language=EN&pestResidueId=120 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-data...
In wheat it is 10 mg/kg. (Page 5 from the above link).
This UK report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627957/pesticide-residues-quarter4-2016-report.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
found pesiticide residues in 90 of 96 cereal crop samples tested. However, it concluded that "None of the residues detected by the laboratory would be expected to have an effect on health."
A BBC TV programme covered this issue in 2014:
http://www.countryfile.com/news/pesticides-found-over-60-uks-bread http://www.countryfile.com/news/pesticides-found-over-60-uks...