2013-14 Perchlorate in selected foods

Targeted surveys are used by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to focus its surveillance activities on areas of highest risk. The information gained from these surveys provides both support for the prioritization of the Agency's activities to areas of greater concern and scientific evidence to address areas of lesser concern. Originally started under the Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP), targeted surveys have been incorporated into the CFIA's regular surveillance activities as a valuable tool for generating essential information on certain hazards in foods, identifying/characterizing new and emerging hazards, informing trend analysis, prompting/refining human health risk assessments, assessing compliance with Canadian regulations, highlighting potential contamination issues, and promoting compliance. The main objectives of this survey were to: generate baseline surveillance data on the levels of perchlorate in fresh vegetables, processed fruit and vegetable products, dairy products, infant formula, grain products, and assorted foods available on the Canadian retail market; and compare the perchlorate levels in these results to other Canadian and international data on…

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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2026-03-31