Kuyesa kwa USDA mu 2023 kudapeza kuti 99% yazakudya sizinapitilire zotsalira za mankhwala.

PDP imapanga sampuli ndi kuyesa pachaka kuti imvetsetsemankhwala ophera tizilombozotsalira mu chakudya cha US. PDP imayesa zakudya zosiyanasiyana zapakhomo komanso zochokera kunja, makamaka pazakudya zomwe makanda ndi ana amakonda kudya.
Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency limaganizira za kuwonetseredwa ndi zotsatira za thanzi la mankhwala ophera tizilombo muzakudya ndikuyika malire otsalira (MRLs) a mankhwala ophera tizilombo muzakudya.
Zitsanzo zokwana 9,832 zidayesedwa mu 2023, kuphatikiza ma amondi, maapulo, mapeyala, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zosiyanasiyana za ana, mabulosi akuda (zatsopano ndi owunda), udzu winawake, mphesa, bowa, anyezi, plums, mbatata, chimanga chotsekemera (chatsopano ndi chozizira), zipatso za tart zaku Mexico, tomato, ndi mavwende.
Zoposa 99% za zitsanzo zinali ndi zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo pansi pa EPA, ndi 38.8% ya zitsanzo zomwe zinalibe zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo, kuwonjezeka kuchokera mu 2022, pamene 27.6% ya zitsanzo zinalibe zotsalira zodziwika.
Zitsanzo zonse za 240 zinali ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo 268 omwe amaphwanya ma EPA MRL kapena okhala ndi zotsalira zosavomerezeka. Zitsanzo zomwe zili ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe atchulidwa pamwambawa amaphatikizapo mabulosi akuda 12, mabulosi akutchire owuma, pichesi imodzi, 3 udzu winawake, mphesa 9, zipatso 18 za tart, ndi tomato 4.
Zotsalira zokhala ndi milingo yololera mosadziwika bwino zidapezeka mu 197 zatsopano komanso zosinthidwa zipatso ndi masamba ndi chitsanzo chimodzi cha amondi. Zinthu zomwe zinalibe zitsanzo za mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amalekerera mosadziwika bwino ndi ma avocados, ma apulosi a ana, nandolo za ana, mapeyala a ana, chimanga chokoma, chimanga chozizira, ndi mphesa.
PDP imayang'aniranso momwe chakudya chimaperekera zinthu zowononga organic (POPs), kuphatikiza mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amaletsedwa ku United States koma amakhalabe m'chilengedwe ndipo amatha kuyamwa ndi zomera. Mwachitsanzo, DDT, DDD, ndi DDE zapoizoni zinapezeka mu 2.7 peresenti ya mbatata, 0.9 peresenti ya udzu winawake, ndi 0.4 peresenti ya chakudya cha ana a karoti.
Ngakhale zotsatira za USDA PDP zikuwonetsa kuti zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo zimagwirizana ndi malire a EPA kulolera chaka ndi chaka, ena sagwirizana kuti zinthu zaulimi zaku US sizimakhudzidwa ndi zoopsa za mankhwala. Mu Epulo 2024, Consumer Reports idasindikiza kusanthula kwazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za data ya PDP, kutsutsa kuti malire olekerera EPA adayikidwa kwambiri. Consumer Reports adawunikanso zambiri za PDP pogwiritsa ntchito benchmark yomwe ili pansi pa EPA MRL ndikuwomba alamu pazinthu zina. Chidule cha kusanthula kwa Consumer Reports mutha kuwerenga apa.