03/06/2026
Did you know? If the Onions on offer at the supermarket had an ingredient label, it would look like this:
Onion.
Product of New Zealand.
May contain:
Abamectin, Ametoctradin, Azoxystrobin, Chlorothalonil, Chlorpyrifos, Cyanazine, Cyantraniliprole, Cyazofamid, Cymoxanil, Cyproconazole, Cyprodinil, Deltamethrin, Diquat, Ethofumesate, Fenamidone, Fipronil, Fluazinam, Fludioxonil, Fluopyram, Fluroxypyr, Formetanate hydrochloride, Glyphosate, Imidacloprid, Iprovalicarb, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Mandestrobin, Mandipropamid, Metalaxyl, metalaxyl-M, Oxadiazon, Oxathiapiprolin, Oxyfluorfen, Pendimethalin, Propineb, Pyrimethanil, Spinetoram, Tepraloxydim, Thiacloprid, Thiamethoxam.
That is up to 39 chemicals, APPROVED as safe for your body, by our government(s).
And did you know, if our Organic Onions had a label, it would look like this: Onions. Product of New Zealand.
Source: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/19550-Food-Notice-Maximum-Residue-Levels-for-Agricultural-Compounds