Henrique Dornelles, president of the
Federation of Rice Growers Associations
in Rio Grande do Sul (Federarroz), has it
that the result of the study corroborates
the sustainable practices developed by
the State’s farms, a reference for Merco-
sur countries, rice growers, technicians,
researchers and farm workers. He main-
tains that, at the moment, Anvisa ratifies
the quality of the cereal, the responsibility
of the sector consists in producing a simi-
lar crop in the next growing season.
And Anvisa has announced that the
Para will be expanded and turned even
stricter. Among other measures, the pro-
gramwillexpandthenumberofpesticides
detected in the samples, including high-
ly complex substances for analysis, like
glyphosate and 2.4-D. The agency is also
keeping an eye on the development of
methodologies for evaluating the health
risks resulting from the ingestion of foods
containing residues of different pesticides
with the same toxic effect over the years.
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Responsibility
T
he complexity that involves
the production system, pro-
cessing, transport and rice
packaging, all the way to the
dinner table, increases the
need for the supply chain to control the
quality of the cereal through the different
production stages, from the selection of
the area and inputs to the dinner table. The
target consists in making sure that all Bra-
zilians and the clients from 70 countries in
the world, who consume the rice produced
in the national fields, have access to safe
and healthy food, without any chemical
residues or contaminant substances.
For this reason, the supply chain cele-
brates the results published by the National
Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) in ear-
ly 2017, regarding theProgramfor Analyzing
the Pesticide Residues in Food (Para, in the
Portuguese acronym). The study indicates
that the rice produced in Brazil is free from
pesticide residues, in compliance with the
standards of our national legislation. The
evaluation included 12 thousand samples
Nothing
escapes
Production and processing system leads to consumption free from worry
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RESIDUESANDCONTAMINANTSATTESTS
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samples demonstrated. Para officials have
identified higher percentages of fungicides
and insecticides in the kernels, but the lev-
els have remained below the acceptable
limit. Besides the use of cultivars resistant
to the rice blast disease, farmers are ad-
vised to adhere to best agricultural prac-
tices recommended by the CTAR, among
them, Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
of different types of food over a three-year
period–2012 to2015–and thecereal shows
and outstanding performance. The evalua-
tiononly comprisedpolishedkernels, shape
in which they reach the consumers, collect-
ed in supermarkets and sales outlets.
Researcher Maria Laura Turino Mattos,
specialist with Embrapa Temeperate Cli-
mate, in Pelotas (RS), reveals that pesticide
residues were detected in volumes inferi-
or to the allowed limits in 32% of the sam-
ples. Tebuconazole, pirimiphos-methyl and
cypermethrinwere themost frequent active
ingredients. “These products are not rec-
ommended by the Irrigated Rice Technical
Committee (CTAR) for rice fields, a fact that
sounds like awarning for the producers and
technicians”, she comments.
The difficulties in controlling some types
of pests, like the gastropod grazers in pre-
germinated rice and the rice blast disease,
a fungal disease that has spread across ir-
rigated rice fields over the past six growing
seasons as a result of the use of suscepti-
ble varieties coming fromArgentina, as the
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Fonte:
Anvisa,novembro2016.
ARROZ INTEGRAL
Estado
Analisadas Conformes
Índicede
conformidade
AP
6
6
100%
RS
6
6
100%
SC
6
6
100%
Quadrogeral de amostras por origem(PARA)
APROVADO
APPROVED
ARROZ POLIDO
Estado/ Analisadas Conformes
Índicede
País
conformidade
GO
2
2
100%
MA
5
5
100%
PE
3
3
100%
PI
1
1
100%
PR
2
2
100%
RR
4
3
75%
RS
4
4
100%
SC
3
3
100%
TO
2
2
100%
Paraguai
7
7
100%
