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EFSA report details pesticide residue situation

By Joe Whitworth on May 16, 2025

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an annual report looking at pesticide residue levels in food.

The EFSA carried out a dietary risk assessment as part of its analysis of the results. This shows the probability that consumers will be exposed to a quantity of residues above a…

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EU submits more SPS notifications in 2024

By Joe Whitworth on February 26, 2025

The European Union reported more sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) alerts in 2024 than the year before, with many of them relating to food safety.

In 2024, 2,147 SPS notifications were submitted by World Trade Organization (WTO) members, which was an 8 percent increase compared to 1,994 in 2023.

The EU…

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EFSA shares 2022 data on pesticide residues in food

By Joe Whitworth on April 24, 2024

Data showing the scale of pesticide residues on food have been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

110,829 food samples were collected in the European Union in 2022. Results show that 96.3 percent were within legally permitted levels. Of these, 65,374 samples did not contain quantifiable residues, while…

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EFSA publishes 2021 pesticides in food findings

By News Desk on April 27, 2023

The number of samples with pesticide residues above the legal limit has gone down in the European Union compared to the year before.

Almost 88,000 samples were collected in Europe in 2021. Overall, 96 percent of them fell within legally permitted levels. Almost 35,000 samples contained residues not exceeding legal…

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EU sees increase in non-compliant pesticide in food samples

By News Desk on April 21, 2022

There has been a rise in findings of pesticides in food above legal limits, according to data published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

The rate of maximum residue level (MRL) exceedances in 2020 increased compared with 2019 and 2018. It remained high for unprocessed and processed grape leaves,…
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Countries raise 10 new concerns at WTO meeting

By Joe Whitworth on April 20, 2022

The United States was involved in one of the 10 new issues raised at a recent World Trade Organization meeting on food safety and trade.

Almost 50 specific trade concerns (STC) were discussed at the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting in March. Issues included pesticide maximum…
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EFSA presents data on pesticide residues in food

By Joe Whitworth on April 13, 2021

The non-compliance rate for pesticides in foods decreased in 2019, according to a report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

The report is based on data from official national controls done by EU member states, Iceland and Norway.

For 2019, 96.1 percent of the 96,302 samples analyzed fell…
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Germany and Denmark record low pesticide residue findings on food

By News Desk on January 21, 2021

Officials in Germany and Denmark have reported low levels of pesticide residues in food.

A report, published by the German Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), is based on results from 20,283 food samples as part of official controls in 2019. Selection of samples was largely…
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U.S. raises four issues at WTO SPS meeting

By Joe Whitworth on July 7, 2020

The United States raised four new issues at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) committee on food safety and animal and plant health this past month.

The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures also discussed 12 previously raised issues at the meeting on June 24 to 26.
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EFSA reveals data on pesticide residues in food in Europe

By Joe Whitworth on April 4, 2020

Table grapes and peppers were among products that most often exceeded residue limits in random testing, according to the annual report on pesticides in food in the European Union.

The report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), is based on data from official controls by EU member states,…
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