date:Apr 25, 2014
parts per million or below.
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found measurable levels of DPA on 82.7 percent of the raw, conventionally grown apples tested and at average concentrations four times the EU import limit. The EPA tolerance level for DPA is 10 ppm.
DPA is typically applied to the fruit by dipping, drenching or spraying after its picked to help prevent storage scald, a blackening or browning of the skin that can occur on apples held in cold storage for months after the fal