The 2015 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
This report provides a detailed insight in the official control activities performed by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. Overall, 97.2% of the 84,341 samples analysed in 2015 were free of quantifiable residues or contained residues within the legally permitted levels. Based on the analytical re...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9cc07ee9a062478093e397ba45f9491b 2023-05-15T16:50:07+02:00 The 2015 European Union report on pesticide residues in food European Food Safety Authority 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4791 https://doaj.org/article/9cc07ee9a062478093e397ba45f9491b EN eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4791 https://doaj.org/toc/1831-4732 1831-4732 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4791 https://doaj.org/article/9cc07ee9a062478093e397ba45f9491b EFSA Journal, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2017) pesticide residues food control monitoring maximum residue levels consumer risk assessment Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Chemical technology TP1-1185 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4791 2022-12-31T15:18:37Z This report provides a detailed insight in the official control activities performed by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. Overall, 97.2% of the 84,341 samples analysed in 2015 were free of quantifiable residues or contained residues within the legally permitted levels. Based on the analytical results provided by the reporting countries, a detailed data analysis was performed regarding pesticide occurrence in the most important food products consumed and the dietary risk related to the exposure of European consumers to pesticide residues. Moreover, the data were analysed with view to identify pesticides and food products that exceeded the legal limits. It also contains the findings on pesticide residues in imported food, organic products, baby food as well as results for animal products. Based on the analysis of the 2015 pesticide monitoring results, EFSA derived a number of recommendations to increase the efficiency of the European control systems to ensure a high level of consumer protection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway EFSA Journal 15 4 |
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This report provides a detailed insight in the official control activities performed by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. Overall, 97.2% of the 84,341 samples analysed in 2015 were free of quantifiable residues or contained residues within the legally permitted levels. Based on the analytical results provided by the reporting countries, a detailed data analysis was performed regarding pesticide occurrence in the most important food products consumed and the dietary risk related to the exposure of European consumers to pesticide residues. Moreover, the data were analysed with view to identify pesticides and food products that exceeded the legal limits. It also contains the findings on pesticide residues in imported food, organic products, baby food as well as results for animal products. Based on the analysis of the 2015 pesticide monitoring results, EFSA derived a number of recommendations to increase the efficiency of the European control systems to ensure a high level of consumer protection. |
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