Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 6/28/19


Almost 96 percent of food samples were free of pesticide residues or contained traces within legal levels, according to an annual European report. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) looked at the results of nearly 90,000 samples collected from 28 EU member states plus Iceland and Norway in 2017. Overall, 95.9 percent of the 88,247 samples fell within legal limits. In 54.1 percent of samples, no quantifiable residues were reported so they had residue levels below the limit of quantification (LOQ), while 41.8 percent contained quantified residues at or below maximum residue levels (MRLs).

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