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T1 The Contamination of Food
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 food
K1 food contamination
K1 family health
K1 lead
K1 lead contamination
K1 cadmium
K1 mercury
K1 mercury contamination
K1 toxic substance
K1 organochlorine compound
K1 pesticide
K1 pesticide residue
K1 organometallic compound
K1 Health
YR 1992
FD 1992
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30362
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30362
NO The GEMS/Food monitoring programme aims not only to protect public health, but to promote confidence in the purity of foodstuffs through international information exchange on food contamination, and thus encourage international food trade. There is a need for continued vigilance—through national and international monitoring programmes—to ensure that preventative regulations are being effectively implemented and that any safe levels established for contaminants in food are not exceeded. GEMS/Food will adapt and incorporate additional contaminants into the monitoring programme in the future as the nature and sources of food contamination change. GEMS is also working to establish monitoring programmes in developing countries and in Eastern Europe where data suggest that food contamination is prevalent.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026