Nébih: consuming vegetables and fruits sold by public roads do not pose risk to health

Nébih (National Food Chain Safety Office) has been testing vegatables and fruits sold by busy public roads. According to their laboratory tests the products do not or hardly contain any contamination from road traffic that would be harmful for health.

As per their Thursday report Nébih experts were testing the risk of food contamination caused by polluting matters from traffic emission. Test products were purchased at three stalls near main roads with high traffic and intersections.

The six samples they collected have proved that the products do not or hardly contain detectable amount of heavy metal or PAH. Furthermore, the results between washed and unwashed samples showed only slight differences.

Nevertheless, Nébih underlined that in order to avoid any food safety risks it is recommended to wash every vegetables and fruits before consuming. (MTI)