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UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual report

Summary of the work carried out by the Health and Safety Executive on the control plans for pesticide residues in food.

• From: Health and Safety Executive and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 19 January 2023
• Last updated: 22 January 2024 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual report for 2022

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the UK competent authority for pesticide residues in food. HSE is responsible for producing annual reports on the monitoring of pesticides in food in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

These annual reports summarise the work and results of the control plan for pesticide residues in food. The data is published on data.gov.uk.

Before 2021, the results of the pesticide testing programme were published in the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) annual report.

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 22 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 22 January 2024

   Added 2022 report on the control plans for pesticide residues in food in the United Kingdom

2. 19 January 2023

   First published.