Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.21

Keyword: Pesticide Residues, curryleaf, Food Safety, Risk Mitigation, MRL.

Abstract: The increased consumer awareness and legal issues on food safety, with special reference to insecticide residues in foods, led us to attempt for cheap and effective methods for removal of pesticide residues to address the issues of consumer and food safety, as the farmers are not following the Good Agricultural Practices i.e pre-harvest intervals. The most commonly used pesticides such as dimethoate, quinalphos, acephate, imidacloprid and bifenthrin were sprayed at recommended doses at vegetative stage, samples were collected at 2 hours after treatment to quantify the deposits. The samples were subjected to various household treatments each in three replications, and analysed for residues using validated QuEChERS method, so as to estimate the % removal and their effectiveness. Out of all treatments, respectively, and is the best household method for removal of pesticide residues, and also the method is effective in reducing the residues below MRL (Maximum Residue Limits).

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Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha et al."Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 4, 2016, pp.0760-0768 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.21

Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha, P.(2016).Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), 0760-0768.10.22161/ijeab/1.4.21

Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha, P.(2016).Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), pp.0760-0768.

Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha. 2016."Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4):0760-0768.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.21

Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha."Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 4, pp.0760-0768,2016.

@article { swarupas2016risk,
title={Risk Mitigation for Removal of Pesticide Residues in Curry Leaf for Food Safety},
author={Swarupa S, Shashi Vemuri, V.Venkateswar Reddy, K.Kavitha , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
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