Produce Safety and Nutrition: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, June 21, 1989Abstract: This hearing examines the topic of food safety and pesticide residues on food in relation to nutrition. Consumers are concerned about the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables and, in response to certain events which raise questions about chemical residues found on fresh food, have sometimes reduced their intake of these foods. The decrease in consumption of these foodstuffs is contrary to the advice of most nutritonists who recommend more fresh fruits and vegetables. The testimony at this hearing attempts to reconcile this dilemma. |
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