date:May 05, 2017
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority controls pesticide residues in food annually. The Pesticide Residue Report 2012-2015 compiles and looks at the results of analyses for pesticide residues in Norwegian and imported berries.
During this period, 470 samples of berries were analysed for pesticide residues. 288 samples were Norwegian-produced berries and 182 samples were imported berries.
In imported berries, up to 12 different pesticides were found in a single sample, compared to Norwegian-produ