Pesticides/Pesticide Residues
Spotlights
Books and Materials on Pesticides/Pesticide residues in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA)USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searchable database for journal citations available to persons interested in information on pesticide/pesticide residues in animal and food products.
PesticidesEuropean Food Safety Authority.
Contains publications, news, and events from the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR). This provides scientific advice on the risk assessment of pesticides, peer review of the safety of all active substances used in plant protection products in the EU, risk assessment in the framework of setting Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), and preparation of the Annual Report on Pesticides Residues.
CPG Sec. 575.100 Pesticide Residues in Food and Feed - Enforcement CriteriaDHHS. Food and Drug Administration.
Compliance policy for the regulation pesticide tolerances, food additive regulations for pesticides, and enforcement.
New Rules on Pesticide Residues in Food Fact Sheet (PDF | 273 KB)European Commission. Directorate-General for Health & Consumers.
Answers questions on pesticide regulation. Introduces maximum residue levels (MRLs) and explains the revisions made to the pesticide rules.
Pesticide Data ProgramUSDA. Pesticide Data Program.
Manages the collection, analysis, data entry, and reporting of pesticide residues on agricultural commodities in the U.S. food supply, with an emphasis on those commodities highly consumed by infants and children.
Pesticide Residue Monitoring and Food Safety BibliographyCornell University.
An archived compilation from the entries in the BCERF Environmental Risk Factors Bibliographic Database. Topics include consumer hot lines and resources, results from FDA surveys, organic food cultivation practices and regulations, regulations on imported food, risk assessment and public perception.
PesticidesDHHS. NIH. National Institute of Environmental Health Science.
Lists the studies performed by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences that are concerned with the intake of pesticide residues and its effect on human health.
Pesticides and Food: What the Pesticide Residue Limits are on FoodEnvironmental Protection Agency.
Explains what maximum residue limits (MRLs) are and instructions on how to find them for a specific food.
Protecting The Public From Pesticide Residues In FoodEnvironmental Protection Agency.
Fact sheet that provides a summary of EPA's process for protecting the public from pesticide residues in food, including the special efforts taken to protect infants and children.
Residue Monitoring Reports FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring: 1993-2007DHHS. Food and Drug Administration.
Summarizes the results of the Food and Drug Administration's pesticide residue monitoring program.
Setting Tolerances for Pesticide Residues in FoodsEPA. Office of Pesticide Programs.
Describes how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets tolerance limits for pesticide residues in food. Topics discuss include pesticide registration, ensuring food safety, tolerance requirement for some products, other agency involvement, tolerance setting requirements, publishing tolerances in the federal register and reassessing old tolerances.