Venetucci produce tested as safe for consumption by Colorado Health Department
"If it were something like lead, that's more common and actually regulated, there'd be a framework out there," he tells the Indy. "But basically what we did was the School of Mines had done some research on uptake of PFCs by fruits and vegetables. So they've developed models saying, 'If you have x amount in soil and x amount in water, you're likely to end up with x amount in the vegetables."
So he and his team looked at the data other labs had previously collected, picking out the highest concentrations to use in their analysis.
"We used maximums, not averages, to kind of get a worst case scenario," Van Dyke says. "The idea was to get a conservative estimate at first, then become more lenient over time if we get additional data that warrants it."
Given all that, CDPHE found that eating the federally-recommended amount of Venetucci's produce, even with the highest possible uptake levels, likely won't expose you to dangerous levels of PFCs. And in reality, let's admit it, most people get their produce from different sources and don't eat enough of it.
source: csindy.com
