Ouyang Xihui, director of the Agricultural Environmental Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center (Beijing), who undertakes the testing task, pointed out that in order to produce quality and safety data of agricultural products with legal basis or certification, research operators must have employment certificates, equipment and instruments must undergo metrological verification, testing methods should adopt national standards or industry standards, and quality control should be carried out during the testing process. "Every link of the experiment should be recorded in detail, and every data sent can be traced back to the whole process."
When analyzing the "EU standard" cited in the report, Liu Xiaowei mentioned that, aside from the premise that acetochlor is not suitable for strawberry production, the "EU standard" itself is not a simple food safety standard, but more often it is a trade barrier to suppress the import of foreign dominant agricultural products. "China's standards for pesticide residues are formulated on the premise of referring to international standards and combining the specific national conditions of Chinese residents' living habits and intake, and are responsible for residents' health. "
"The use of chemical pesticides plays an irreplaceable role in the current national food security. By using pesticides correctly, agricultural losses caused by pests and weeds can be greatly reduced. What we have to do is to use pesticides correctly and standardized to minimize possible harm. " Zhou Zhiqiang said.
(Original source: Farmers Daily)