Levels of Pesticides in Food and Food Safety Aspects

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Monitoring programs for pesticide residues in food are performed in many countries around the world to ensure that consumers are not exposed to unacceptable levels of pesticides and that only pesticides approved by the authority are used and for the

to crop, application dose, time, The food products are permitted as long as they comply with the maximum residue levels (MRLs) set by the authorities. Another purpose with the pesticide residue monitoring in food may be to assess the food safety risk due to the dietary exposure of the population to pesticides.