{"id":145590,"date":"2025-08-14T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145590\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:08:10","slug":"california-produce-among-safest-in-the-world-new-report-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145590\/","title":{"rendered":"California produce among safest in the world, new report confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Produce\"<\/a>Produce from San Diego County farms. (File photo courtesy of the County News Center)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever stood in the produce aisle wondering how safe your family\u2019s fruits and vegetables are, the latest\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation<\/a> (offers reassuring news: California-grown produce is among the safest anywhere.<\/p>\n

In its 2023 annual monitoring program, the DPR tested more than 3,500 unwashed samples of fruits and vegetables sold in California. The results? About 97% of produce either had no detectable pesticide residues or had residues well below strict federal safety limits. Only 3% had illegal residues, and almost all of those were imported.<\/p>\n

\"Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n

When DPR looked specifically at produce labeled\u00a0\u201cgrown in California,\u201d the results were even better. Out of more than 1,050 California-grown samples, over 99% had either no pesticide residues or only legal, safe levels. Only 0.3%, less than one-third of one percent, had illegal residues.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an extraordinary track record, especially considering California produces more than 400 different crops, many of which end up in grocery carts across the country and around the world.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0\u2018no detectable\u2019 really means<\/p>\n

Modern testing technology can detect pesticide residues at incredibly tiny amounts, down to parts per billion or even parts per trillion.<\/p>\n

To put that in everyday terms:<\/p>\n