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Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) - 2006

Annual Reports

PRC Annual Report

PRC Annual Report 2006 (pdf, 40 pages, 3.5MB)

Published 10 September 2007

Industry Monitoring Data - Supplement to the PRC Annual Report 2006

Monitoring Data from UK Food Industry (pdf, 38 pages, 92 KB) Supplement to PRC Annual Report 2006

PSD Comment

Intake calculations showed 12 exceedances of the Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) for the following pesticide/commodity combinations. Refined risk assessemtns based on the mammalian toxicology databases for these pesticides indicate that these exceedances did not indicate a major concern for consumer health. Sensitive individuals might experience slight, transient effects (*as indicated)

Food and Pesticide Combinations with Intakes Over ARfD
Food	Pesticide
Apple	*Carbaryl
Apple	Carbendazim
Apple	*Dimethoate/Omethoate
Beans with pods	Triazophos
Clementine	Carbendazim
Grapes	*Carbaryl
Mandarin	Imazalil
Mango	*Dimethoate
Passion fruit	Dithiocarbamates
Passion fruit	*Oxydemeton-S-methyl
Salad onion	*Profenofos
Ya pear	*Dimethoate/Omethoate

Annual joint request with the Veterinary Medicines Committee to industry for residues monitoring data.

2006 EU Monitoring Programme - UK Report

The UK's results as submitted to the Food and Veterinary Office of the European Union (zip folder, 148 MB)

The zip folder contains 6 complex Excel spreadsheets of data and a two-page summary in RTF format. All the data has already been published in the PRC's quarterly and annual reports. We are providing these files only as an alternative source of data.

Pesticide Residues Monitoring: Fourth Quarter Results, October to December 2006

Download the report in sections:

Report with summary tables (pdf, 157 pages)

Brand name annex (pdf, 174 pages)

We are keen to present the results of our monitoring programme in a way that is open and accessible. We would value your feedback on the style of this report, and would be grateful if you could take the time to complete this short form.

Published on 14 June 2007