date:Mar 13, 2013
s have the most accurate and relevant information upon which to make decisions.
Key findings
The national programmes found that 97.2% of samples contained residues within the European legal limit known as the maximum residue level (MRL). The lowest MRL exceedance rates were found on foods of animal origin with 0.1% of samples above permissible limits. MRL exceedance rates of foods imported into the EU, Norway and Iceland were more than five times higher than those of foods originating in the