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The Minister different ways of preserving food of Agriculture of the Canary Islands, Juan Ramon Hernandez, says that vegetable production in the islands is done, in terms of food quality different ways of preserving food and safety, complying with Community rules Laboratory Waste just get the accreditation of ENAC the analysis of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables accredited analyzes covering 85 different different ways of preserving food pesticides in vegetable matrices: banana, tomato, pepper, carrot, leek, grape, orange different ways of preserving food and tangerine
The Minister of Employment, Industry and Commerce, Margarita Ramos Quintana, and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water, Juan Ramón Hernández Gómez, today presented its activities Waste Laboratory, an infrastructure of the Canary Islands, managed by the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC), which has just received accreditation from the National Accreditation Body (ENAC) for the analysis of pesticide residues in fresh vegetables different ways of preserving food are produced, for both domestic consumption and the export. This laboratory, in the Department of Environmental Analysis of the Technological different ways of preserving food Institute of the Canary Islands, it operates on the premises different ways of preserving food of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Canary Islands, located in the industrial area of Arinaga, in the municipality of Agüimes, analyzing the samples vegetables different ways of preserving food that come from both the public sector (administration different ways of preserving food canaria) and private sector (fruit and vegetables) to detect the presence of residues of pesticides that may be harmful to the consumer or affect product quality fresh vegetable market. During the presentation of Residue Laboratory, the Minister of Employment, Industry and Commerce, Government of the Canary Islands, Margarita Ramos, highlighted the important work being undertaken by the Instituto different ways of preserving food Tecnológico de Canarias in this laboratory, with highly qualified staff, and said that with pesticide residue analysis carried out on fruits and vegetables produced in the Archipelago, "ensuring safety" of these products to the end consumers. He also referred to the need for there health and safety guarantees for those who work in contact with these pesticides in the field. For his part, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water regional executive, Juan Ramon Hernandez, said that the implementation of the phytosanitary control service has been made possible through the efforts and cooperation between different authorities (Government of Canarias and City of Agüimes), and stressed different ways of preserving food that through this center and the activity that "we have the guarantee, from the point of view of plant health that food production is done in the Islands, in terms of quality and food safety, different ways of preserving food compliance with Community law ". He also said that since the Government of the Canary Islands "is necessary to make a new effort" different ways of preserving food to extend accreditation current Waste Lab allows you to include new analyzes of pesticides in other matrices. At the presentation ceremony were present, besides the aforementioned directors, Agüimes Mayor, Antonio Morales, the CEO of Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias, Nicolás Díaz Chico, San Mateo Mayor, Antonio Ortega, as well as heads of service plant health and food safety, technical and production sector Islands. The ITC makes this activity entrusted by Plant Health Service, assigned to the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the regional executive, in order to run the Waste Monitoring Plans Plant Protection Products different ways of preserving food in origin, which are the responsibility of the management general. Recently, the Residue Laboratory recently received accreditation for the analysis testing of 85 different pesticide residues by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection / mass in vegetable matrices: banana, tomato, pepper, carrot , leek, grape, orange and tangerine. Enlarge BBB Now the next step, as announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, different ways of preserving food Fisheries and Water, is to request the extension of the scope of accreditation to allow him to incorporate, first, new matrices, such as papaya, cucumber, different ways of preserving food wine, lettuce, watermelon and zucchini and, on the other hand, retest analysis, that will expand the number of pesticides within the scope of accreditation, to respond to the needs of the islands' society on waste plant protection products vegetables. The samples different ways of preserving food currently analyzed from the public sector, corresponding to the departments responsible for control on pesticide residues, such as e