date:Mar 13, 2013
Martin Dallocchio, regional manager of Carrefour Shanghai.
The intent is to improve food safety and freshness, and also increase farmers' incomes at the same time, Carrefour said.
Following checks by the farms, samples of products will be sent to a laboratory at Carrefour's Wanli outlet in Putuo District for further testing on pesticide residue. The lab checks nearly 50 indexes such as food additives, microbes and veterinary drugs for about 65 categories of products.