Hong Kong government said Thursday that it planned to launch a
voluntary registration system for local vegetable farms as
vegetable with excessive pesticides found in two local supermarket
chains.
Speaking at a Legislative Council meeting, Permanent Secretary
for Health, Welfare and Food Carrie Yau said the system will help
the government trace the source of vegetable containing excessive
pesticides or other harmful substances.
Yau said there is a well established system on monitoring
pesticide residues in vegetable, including those imported via Man
Kam To and distributed through wholesale and retail markets.
Meanwhile, the Government has asked the two major supermarket
chains to improve its tracking system.
(Xinhua News Agency April 21, 2006)
