Pesticides and food safety

Pesticides and food safety To be healthy, we need to eat a variety of foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Pesticides play an important role in making sure there is enough food for everyone, by protecting crops from pests like insects, weeds, and fungal diseases. While pesticides help protect our food supply, some people have concerns about pesticide residue that may be on the food they eat. 2021-07-29 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetyPesticidesfood safetyprotect our food supplypesticide residuea variety of foodsfresh fruits and vegetablesenough food for everyoneprotecting cropspestsinsectsweedsfungal diseases Pesticides and food safetyHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/about-pesticides/pesticides-food-safety.html Pesticides and food safetyHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sujet-pesticides/pesticides-et-salubrite-aliments.html

To be healthy, we need to eat a variety of foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Pesticides play an important role in making sure there is enough food for everyone, by protecting crops from pests like insects, weeds, and fungal diseases. While pesticides help protect our food supply, some people have concerns about pesticide residue that may be on the food they eat.

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