Kuyesa kwa USDA mu 2023 kunapeza kuti 99% ya zakudya sizinapitirire malire a zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo.

PDP imachita zitsanzo ndi kuyesa chaka chilichonse kuti ipeze chidziwitso chamankhwala ophera tizilombozotsalira mu chakudya cha ku America. PDP imayesa zakudya zosiyanasiyana zapakhomo ndi zakunja, makamaka zakudya zomwe makanda ndi ana amadya nthawi zambiri.
Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency limaganizira kuchuluka kwa kukhudzana ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo komanso zotsatira za thanzi la mankhwala ophera tizilombo m'zakudya ndipo limakhazikitsa malire ochulukirapo (MRLs) a mankhwala ophera tizilombo m'zakudya.
Mu 2023, zitsanzo zokwana 9,832 zinayesedwa, kuphatikizapo amondi, maapulo, mapeyala, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zosiyanasiyana za ana, mabulosi akuda (atsopano ndi ozizira), udzu winawake, mphesa, bowa, anyezi, ma plums, mbatata, chimanga chotsekemera (chatsopano ndi chozizira), zipatso za ku Mexico, tomato, ndi chivwende.
Zitsanzo zoposa 99% zinali ndi zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo zomwe zinali pansi pa zomwe EPA inali ikufuna, ndipo 38.8% ya zitsanzo zinalibe zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo zomwe zinali zodziwika, kuwonjezeka poyerekeza ndi chaka cha 2022, pomwe 27.6% ya zitsanzo zinalibe zotsalira zomwe zinali zodziwika.
Zitsanzo 240 zonse zinali ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo 268 omwe ankaphwanya EPA MRLs kapena anali ndi zotsalira zosavomerezeka. Zitsanzo zomwe zinali ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe anali pamwamba pa zomwe zinadziwika bwino zinali mabulosi akuda 12 atsopano, mabulosi akuda amodzi ozizira, pichesi imodzi yaying'ono, udzu winawake wa ...
Zotsalira zomwe sizinadziwike bwino zapezeka mu zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zatsopano ndi zokonzedwa 197 komanso mu chitsanzo chimodzi cha amondi. Zinthu zomwe sizinali ndi zitsanzo za mankhwala ophera tizilombo zomwe sizinadziwike bwino ndi monga mapeyala, msuzi wa maapulo ang'onoang'ono, nandolo zazing'ono, mapeyala ang'onoang'ono, chimanga chokoma chatsopano, chimanga chozizira, ndi mphesa.
PDP imayang'aniranso chakudya chopezeka kuti chisawononge zinthu zachilengedwe (POPs), kuphatikizapo mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amaletsedwa ku United States koma amakhalabe m'chilengedwe ndipo amatha kuyamwa ndi zomera. Mwachitsanzo, DDT, DDD, ndi DDE zoopsa zimapezeka mu 2.7 peresenti ya mbatata, 0.9 peresenti ya udzu winawake, ndi 0.4 peresenti ya chakudya cha ana cha karoti.
Ngakhale zotsatira za USDA PDP zikuwonetsa kuti kuchuluka kwa zotsalira za mankhwala ophera tizilombo kumagwirizana ndi malire a EPA chaka ndi chaka, ena sagwirizana kuti zinthu zaulimi zaku US sizimakhudzidwa konse ndi zoopsa za mankhwala ophera tizilombo. Mu Epulo 2024, Consumer Reports idasindikiza kusanthula kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri za deta ya PDP, ponena kuti malire a kulekerera kwa EPA adakhazikitsidwa kwambiri. Consumer Reports idawunikiranso deta ya PDP pogwiritsa ntchito benchmark pansi pa EPA MRL ndipo idachenjeza pazinthu zina. Chidule cha kusanthula kwa Consumer Reports chikhoza kuwerengedwa apa.