FSAP Chem TS - 2010-11 Perchlorate in fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products and infant formulae - TS006 - Open Data

​​The Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP) aims to modernize and enhance Canada's food safety system. As a part of the FSAP enhanced surveillance initiative, targeted surveys are used to test various foods for specific hazards. The main objective of the perchlorate targeted survey was to generate baseline surveillance data on the levels of perchlorate in infant formulae, dairy products, and fresh fruits and vegetables available on the Canadian retail market. Perchlorate is a chemical that occurs naturally in the environment (e.g., in some nitrate and potash deposits or formed in the atmosphere). It is also an environmental contaminant originating from industrial processing of rocket propellants, explosives, road flares, fireworks, and car airbags. Since perchlorate readily dissolves in water, it can be taken up and accumulated by plants and may also be transferred to animals through the consumption of perchlorate-contaminated feed or water. In total, 611 samples, including 433 fresh fruits and vegetables, 89 dairy products (milk, cheese and yogurt), and 89 infant formulae, were collected from Canadian retail stores and analyzed for perchlorate. As no maximum level, tolerance, or…

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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2026-04-08