The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food

Abstract The report presents the results of the control of pesticide residues in food commodities sampled during the calendar year 2009 in the 27 EU Member States and two EFTA countries (Iceland and Norway). The report also comprises the outcome of the consumer risk assessment of pesticide residues....

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8a8bb1e8fdb74a52b238c665702f3e502021-12-01T10:05:38ZThe 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food1831-473210.2903/j.efsa.2011.2430https://doaj.org/article/8a8bb1e8fdb74a52b238c665702f3e502011-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2430https://doaj.org/toc/1831-4732Abstract The report presents the results of the control of pesticide residues in food commodities sampled during the calendar year 2009 in the 27 EU Member States and two EFTA countries (Iceland and Norway). The report also comprises the outcome of the consumer risk assessment of pesticide residues. Finally, the report provides some recommendations aiming to improve future monitoring programmes and enforcement of the European pesticide residue legislation. In total, more than 67,000 samples of nearly 300 different types of food were analysed for pesticide residues by national competent authorities. The total number of analytical determinations reported among all the participating countries amounted to more than 14,000,000. 97.4% of the samples complied with the legal maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides. EFSA concluded that the long‐term exposure of consumers did not raise health concerns. The short‐term exposure assessment revealed that for 77 food samples analysed the acute reference dose (ARfD) might have been exceeded if the pertinent food was consumed in high amounts.European Food Safety AuthorityWileyarticlePesticide residuesfood controlmonitoringMaximum Residue Levelsconsumer risk assessmentRegulation (EC) No 396/2005Nutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Chemical technologyTP1-1185ENEFSA Journal, Vol 9, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2011)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic 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
spellingShingle 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
European Food Safety Authority
The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
description Abstract The report presents the results of the control of pesticide residues in food commodities sampled during the calendar year 2009 in the 27 EU Member States and two EFTA countries (Iceland and Norway). The report also comprises the outcome of the consumer risk assessment of pesticide residues. Finally, the report provides some recommendations aiming to improve future monitoring programmes and enforcement of the European pesticide residue legislation. In total, more than 67,000 samples of nearly 300 different types of food were analysed for pesticide residues by national competent authorities. The total number of analytical determinations reported among all the participating countries amounted to more than 14,000,000. 97.4% of the samples complied with the legal maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides. EFSA concluded that the long‐term exposure of consumers did not raise health concerns. The short‐term exposure assessment revealed that for 77 food samples analysed the acute reference dose (ARfD) might have been exceeded if the pertinent food was consumed in high amounts.
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title The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
title_short The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
title_full The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
title_fullStr The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
title_full_unstemmed The 2009 European Union Report on Pesticide Residues in Food
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