date:Jul 30, 2018
lation; 89.8 percent of the samples contained no quantifiable residues.
In 2016, organic foods were sampled at 5,495, of which 98.7 percent were within legal limits and 83.1 percent were free of quantifiable residues.
EFSA also evaluates the results of the EU coordinated control program (EUCP), under which the reporting countries analyze samples from the same basket of foodstuffs for the same pesticides.
For 2016, these included apples, cabbage, leeks, lettuce, peaches, strawberries, tomatoes