On 28 April 2022, the Peruvian National Agriculture and Health Administration released the monitoring report on chemical residues and contaminants in primary food products for 2021.  Sampling of plant-origin primary edible agricultural products counts 3762, among which 995 samples don’t conform to the requirements in chemical contaminant detection. Main unqualified products, such as chili, yellow pepper and tomato, the main unqualified reasons are:

(1)The pesticide residues, including chlorpyrifos (yellow pepper, peas, broccoli), Fipronil (yellow pepper, broccoli, lettuce, etc.) ;  

(2)Heavy metals: lead (yellow pepper, peas, broccoli) and cadmium (yellow pepper, broccoli, onions);  

(3)Mycotoxins: Aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin (B1+B2+G1+G2) in quinoa;  

284 samples did not meet the requirements in the detection of microbial pollutants. The main unqualified products were quinoa, kidney bean and sweet potato, etc. The main unqualified reason was mold (kidney bean, broad bean and lentil). 

 Sampling of animal-origin primary edible agricultural products counts 1062, among which 12 samples do not meet the requirements of the chemical contaminant detection. Main unqualified product is milk, main unqualified reasons are:

(1)the veterinary drug residue, including retens (raw milk), enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin (chicken), trichlorobendazolsulfone (raw milk), etc.; 

(2)Heavy metals, including cadmium (chicken), lead (raw milk, pork), etc.;  

In the detection of microbial pollutants, 602 samples did not meet the requirements. The main unqualified products were raw milk, and the main reasons were mesophilic aerobic bacteria (beef, chicken, pork, eggs and raw milk), Escherichia coli (beef, chicken and pork), coliform bacteria (raw milk).