Academy of Engineering: pesticide residues in 80% derived from quality tea | academician of pesticide residues in tea _ | | Sina news, October 23, 2013, (editors: SN067)

China News Agency, Jinan, October 23 (Zhang Wei) held in Jinan, Shandong province, China tea Expo 2013, 23rd, said Chen Zong-Mao, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering, Chinese tea quality safety problems 80% due to pesticide residues exceeding.

China tea Expo 2013 of tea industry forum, Chen Zong-Mao highlighted food security, in particular the tea quality safety problems. Chen Zong-Mao revealed at the Forum, Chinese tea quality safety problems on pesticide residues in 80%. Chen Zong-Mao said that can cause not only chronic toxicity of pesticide residue in tea, can also cause acute poisoning, particularly more dangerous to children.

Chen Zong-Mao said, allowing pesticide residues in tea standard (MRL) every 20 years was reduced by 1 order of magnitude (10 times). Although standards are always improving, pesticide residues of tea leaves, however, has declined significantly, Chen Zong-Mao said, China's tea exports, because of problems found at the pesticide residues exceeding the percentage has dropped from 82% in the 80 's of the last century to the current 5% or so.

When talking about the present situation of tea industry in China, Chen Zong-Mao said that sustainable development of tea industry in China still face problems of overcapacity. Chen Zong-Mao said that China's tea production volume is not high, but the acreage is growing too fast, leading to higher total production total consumption (domestic consumption and exports). Chen Zong-Mao believes that through transformation and upgrading of China's tea industry to control overcapacity, from quantity into quality development growth. (End text)

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　　中新社济南10月23日电 (张伟) 2013年中国茶叶博览会23日在山东济南举行，中国工程院院士陈宗懋在此间表示，中国茶叶的质量安全问题80%是因为农药残留超标。

　　在2013年中国茶叶博览会茶产业高层论坛上，陈宗懋着重谈到了食品安全特别是茶叶的质量安全问题。陈宗懋在论坛上披露，中国茶叶的质量安全问题80%出在农药残留上。陈宗懋说，茶叶中农药残留不仅可能引起慢性毒性，也会引起急性中毒，特别是对儿童的危害性更大。

　　陈宗懋介绍说，茶叶中农药残留允许标准(MRL)每20年降低1个数量级(10倍)。虽然标准一直在提高，但中国茶叶的农药残留却下降明显，陈宗懋表示，中国茶叶出口中，因为农药残留超标查出问题的占比已由上世纪80年代的82%下降到目前的5%左右。

　　在谈到中国茶产业现状时，陈宗懋表示，中国茶产业可持续发展仍然面临产能过剩的问题。陈宗懋介绍说，中国茶叶单产量虽不高，但种植面积增长过快，使总产量高于总消耗量(国内消费和出口)。陈宗懋认为，中国茶产业可以通过转型升级控制产能过剩，把发展方式由数量增长转变为质量增长。(完)

(原标题：中国工程院院士：茶叶质量安全问题八成源自农药残留)

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