The 2015 European Union report on pesticide residues in food.

• Published in: EFSA Journal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PubMed Central 2017
• Subjects: Regulation (EC) No 396/2005; consumer risk assessment; food control; maximum residue levels; monitoring; pesticide residues; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4791; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32625472; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7009912/

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.