Monitoring of pesticide residues in fruit

Abstract

The programmes for pesticide residues monitoring in food which are continually carried out in the world ensure that the consumers are not exposed to pesticide residues as well as that only the registered compounds are used in the production. All the member countries of the EU are obliged to observe the official control of pesticide residues in food, in accordance with the Regulations EC 396/2005. At present, in the Republic of Serbia, the programme for monitoring the pesticide residues in food is being prepared as the results of numerous analyses of random samples of fruit, in the market over the past years justify the introduction of such a programme.

Programi praćenja ostataka pesticida u hrani koji se kontinuirano sprovode u svetu osiguravaju potrošače da ne budu izloženi nepoželjnom nivou ostataka pesticida, kao i da se u proizvodnji koriste samo registrovana jedinjenja. Sve zemlje članice EU su dužne da sprovode zvaničnu kontrolu prisustva ostataka pesticida u hrani, u saglasnosti sa Regulativom EC 396/2005. U Republici Srbiji je u pripremi monitoring program za ostatke pesticida u hrani, a rezultati analiza većeg broja slučajno izabranih uzoraka voća, na našem tržištu, tokom proteklih godina ukazuju na opravdanost uvođenja ovakvog programa.