New EU 3-year control programme for pesticide residues
New Regulation 2020-585 establishes a coordinated multiannual control programme for pesticide residues in foods for years 2021-2023. 40 foods of plant and animal origin, that make up the “European diet”, will be tested during this period. Since pesticide uses show significant changes over a period of three years, pesticides should be monitored in those foodstuffs over...