NutriClean, Clean Food, Pesticide Testing
Q: What is NutriClean®? How can I purchase NutriClean products?
The NutriClean® certification program, first introduced in 1986, has established a benchmark for the food industry by identifying fresh foods grown to meet the highest standards of lab-tested purity – pesticide residue free. NutriClean certification is achievable under both conventional and organic growing methods and is suitable for products headed either for the fresh or processed foods markets. The NutriClean “Pesticide Residue Free” label is backed by strict scientific protocols for inspection, sampling, and testing and is the most stringent guarantee of product purity in the marketplace today.
This chart shows annual availability of NutriClean certified commodities.
Click here to see what NutriClean certified produce is available this week.
You can find suppliers of NutriClean certified food by seeing our lists of “Suppliers” and “Commodities” in the SCS Food and Agriculture database; the links to the database are located at www.scscertified.com/foodag
Q: What level of product purity do your customers look for in the foods they eat?
Over the past two decades, SCS has developed a series of programs aimed at addressing one of the major health concerns related to food — potential contamination from pesticide residues and other industrial chemicals. SCS’s agricultural products certification division, NutriClean, has pioneered a series of added-value certification and testing services that uniquely address such concerns by highlighting positive accomplishments in the fresh food industry.
Certification Programs
Specialized Pesticide Residue Testing Services
- Import Services
- Degradation Studies
- Screening for Chemicals of Concern
- Certification to Retailer/Distributor Specifications
Growers choose to have their products certified or conduct specialized testing for a variety of reasons:
- Add credibility with third-party certification of claims.
- Offer more choices to retail customers.
- Differentiate products from the competition.
- Address needs of food processors.
- Add value to products in transition to organic.
- Fine-tune production practices by monitoring pesticide degradation rates.
For more information contact the SCS Food and Agriculture division.
Definitions
Pesticides
Pesticides is an umbrella term which refers to any agricultural chemicals used as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, fumigants, miticides, rodenticides, nematocides, repellents, algicides, molluscicides, defoliants, inoculants, bactericides, virucides, plant growth regulators, and insect growth regulators.