PESTICIDES RESIDUE
May 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNA SURVEY conducted by the Food and Veterinary Office of the European Commission on pesticide residues has found that maximum safety limits were exceeded in 4.5 per cent of 45,000 samples of fruit, vegetable and cereals analysed in the year 2000. Some 61 per cent of the samples contained no detectable residues and in a further 35 per cent the levels found were below the maximum safety limits.The Commission said that samples containing no residues had remained constant at around 60 per cent over the last five years but the percentage above the limits ...
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