date:May 31, 2012
d complied with Health Canada standards, 99.5% of small berries, 98.5% of leafy greens and 99.6% of tomatoes.
In another CFIA study conducted in 2008-2009 under the National Chemical Residue Monitoring Program (NCRMP), the overall compliance rate for a variety of chemical residues was over 99%. According to CFIA, these results are consistent with previous years.
In 2008-2009, a total of nearly 160,000 tests were performed on over 20,000 samples (domestic and imported), producing over 3 million