{"id":82,"date":"2026-09-25T03:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=82"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:49:15","slug":"pesticide-residues-raise-food-safety-concerns-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"PESTICIDE RESIDUES RAISE FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS IN KENYA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh concerns have emerged over pesticide residues in vegetables sold in Kenyan markets. A recent study cited by Daily Nation found detectable pesticide residues in 78 percent of sampled vegetables, including kale, spinach and tomatoes. The findings have renewed discussions about food safety and the need for stronger monitoring of agricultural chemicals.<br>Experts and agricultural stakeholders continue to call for safer farming practices and better enforcement of regulations to protect consumers and farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064113_ChatGPT-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064113_ChatGPT-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064113_ChatGPT-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064113_ChatGPT-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20260925-064113_ChatGPT.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh concerns have emerged over pesticide residues in vegetables sold in Kenyan markets. A recent study cited by Daily Nation found detectable pesticide residues in 78 percent of sampled vegetables, including kale, spinach and tomatoes. The findings have renewed discussions about food safety and the need for stronger monitoring of agricultural chemicals.Experts and agricultural stakeholders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}