Children's Food Project 2009-2010

​In the 2009 – 2010 CFP, a total of 821 processed and manufactured food samples were purchased in the Ottawa – Gatineau area. Samples included a variety of candy, cereals, chocolate, dairy products, juice, meat products, nuts and seeds and processed fruit and vegetable products. The samples were obtained from national grocery stores, small local grocery stores and drugstores. The samples were analyzed for pesticide residues and metals. A total of 2530 analytical tests were performed which corresponds to more than 223 750 results.All 821 samples were analyzed for metals using an analytical method capable of detecting 18 different metals – aluminium, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, selenium, tin, titanium, and zinc.Of the 803 samples tested for pesticide residues, 643 (80.1%) contained no detected pesticide residues. The remaining 160 samples (19.9%) had detected levels of pesticide residues, with 57 (7.1%) containing more than one specific analyte. Of the 160 samples with detected pesticide residues, 11 (1.4% of all samples) contained pesticide residue levels in excess of established MRLs or the…

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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2025-08-21