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Study on the consumption of stained tomatoes in Uganda
Tomatoes are consumed daily. Unfortunately, abuse of pesticide application by vegetable growers in Uganda increases risks of exposing consumers through the pesticide residues, as it may be above the European Union Maximum Residue Limits (used as a standard in Uganda). This study aimed to determine consumer attitudes and risk perception towards pesticides stained tomatoes available on the Ugandan local markets. 
Methods
A cross-sectional study sampled 468 household consumers in four districts one from each region of Uganda. In each district, 60 household members from three randomly selected Sub Counties were interviewed. In addition, in each district 9 tomato handlers (3 tomato farmers, 3 tomato retailers and 3 tomato wholesalers) participated in Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) per district. Collected data was entered into MS-Excel 13 and exported into STATA SE 14.0 for cleaning and analysis under 5% level of signif ....

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