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Pesticides. The term “pesticides” is commonly used as a synonym for plant protection products. However, pesticides is a broader term that also covers products such as biocides, which are intended for non-plant uses to control pests and disease carriers such as insects, rats and mice and do not fall within the remit of EFSA. Plant protection ...
EFSA is also in charge of the risk assessment of the maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides permitted in products of plant or animal origin marketed in the EU. There are different workflows for the evaluation of new active substances, amendment of approval conditions, the re-evaluation of active substances for renewal of approval, for the ...
Administrative guidance. Applicable to applications submitted as of 27 March 2021. Administrative guidance on submission of dossiers and assessment reports for the peer‐review of pesticide active substances and on the maximum residue level (MRL) application procedure (update June 2024) EFSA's Catalogue of support initiatives during the life ...
In the dietary risk assessments of EU maximum residues levels (MRLs) for pesticides in food, or proposals for MRLs, the chronic and acute dietary consumer exposure to pesticide residues is estimated by using a calculation model developed by EFSA: PRIMo – Pesticide Residue Intake Model. The model is based on national food consumption data and ...
Apr 23, 2024 · The overall rate at which pesticide Substance used to kill or control pests, including disease-carrying organisms and undesirable insects, animals and plants. residues exceeded the MRL slightly decreased from 2% in 2019 to 1.6% in 2022. Compared to 2019 and to 2016, the exceedance rate fell for apples, peaches, strawberries, wine, and swine fat ...
Apr 7, 2021 · Pesticides in food: latest figures published. The latest report on pesticide residues in food in the European Union is now available, giving a snapshot of residue levels found in a basket of products widely consumed in the territory. A total of 96,302 samples were analysed in 2019, 96.1% of which fell within legally permitted levels.
Apr 26, 2023 · EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food in the European Union is now available. It gives a snapshot of the residue levels found in a selection of commonly consumed products. A total of 87,863 food samples were collected in the European Union in 2021. Analysis of the results shows that 96.1% of samples fell within legally permitted ...
Sep 27, 2024 · The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Poland and co‐rapporteur Member State France for the pesticide active substance flufenacet are reported. In addition, the assessment of the confirmatory data following the Article 12 maximum residue limit (MRL) review of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is also reported. The context of the peer review was ...
Jul 18, 2013 · The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued revised guidance for assessing the risks posed by pesticides to aquatic organisms - such as fish, amphibians, invertebrates and plants - living in ponds, ditches and streams next to fields that are treated with these substances. The guidance document, developed by EFSA’s Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR), outlines methods to evaluate the extent to which exposure to pesticides affects populations of aquatic ...
Pesticides Peer Review TC 149 Fluazaindolizine Subject Conclusions Pesticides Peer Review Meeting 4.RMS to update the LoEP by providing the right values of mineralisation in soil aerobic studies. 5.RMS to update the DAR and the LoEP considering a pH dependence in the degradation of Fluazaindolizine of laboratory and field dataset.
