
Kerala’s food safety drive will expand if more lab tests keep finding residue in everyday produce.
Food safety stories travel well because they are immediate and personal. This one also has a policy angle: the state is responding with school farming and organic cultivation rather than only enforcement.
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Food safety stories travel well because they are immediate and personal. This one also has a policy angle: the state is responding with school farming and organic cultivation rather than only enforcement.
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Kerala Agriculture Minister T Siddique said official labs found excess pesticide residues and toxic substances in 58 of 1,262 food samples tested across the state, including at Vellayani and Mannuthy. He called the findings serious and said the government will push organic vegetable farming and home cultivation. The Kathir project will expand school farming to 500 schools this year.
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YouTube·OECD Chemical Safety and BiosafetyWebinar on pesticide residues
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YouTube·NYOOOZ TV12.5% food items contain unapproved pesticides: Govt. Study
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YouTube·Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
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Kerala food tests find pesticide residue in 58 samples
Officials say toxic substances showed up in 58 of 1,262 food samples, prompting a push for organic farming.

















