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Subject:
EU report reveals pesticides in organic food
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Juanse Barros <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:06:02 +0200
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http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/eu-report-reveals-pesticides-organic-food/article-183986?Ref=RSS

An annual monitoring report found traces of pesticides in organic food
products for the first time, challenging public perceptions that organic
products are free of synthetic plant protection products.

96% of food samples analysed complied with the legal Maximum Residues Levels
(MRLs) for pesticides and 4% exceeded them, according to the report,
published on Thursday (9 July) by the Parma-based European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA).

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