Lithuanian Results From The Monitoring Of Pesticide Residues In Food

This dataset contains the analytical results of pesticide residues measured in the food products analysed by the national competent authorities. Pesticide residues resulting from the use of plant protection products on crops that are used for food or feed production may pose a risk factor for public health. For this reason, a comprehensive legislative framework has been established in the European Union (EU), which defines rules for the approval of active substances used in plant protection products, the use of plant protection products and for pesticide residues in food. In order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, legal limits, so called “maximum residue levels” or briefly “MRLs”, are established in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EU-harmonised MRLs are set for all pesticides covering all types of food products. A default MRL of 0.01 mg/kg is applicable for pesticides not explicitly mentioned in the MRL legislation. Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 imposes on Member States the obligation to carry out controls to ensure that food placed on the market is compliant with the legal limits. A sample is considered <strong>free of quantifiable residues</strong> if the analytes were not present in concentrations at or above the limit of quantification (LOQ). The LOQ is the smallest concentration of an analyte that can be quantified with the analytical method used to analyse the sample. It is commonly defined as the minimum concentration of the analyte in the test sample that can be determined with acceptable precision and accuracy. If a sample is <strong>contains quantifiable residues</strong> but within the legally permitted limit (maximum residue level, MRL), it is described as a sample with quantified residue levels within the legal limits (below or at the MRL) A sample is considered <strong>non-compliant</strong> with the legal limit (MRL), if the measured residue concentrations clearly exceed the legal limits, taking into account the measurement uncertainty. It is current practice that the uncertainty of the analytical measurement is taken into account before legal or administrative sanctions are imposed on food business operators for infringement of the MRL legislation.本数据集收录了由国家主管部门开展食品检测所得的农药残留分析结果。用于食品或饲料生产的农作物在使用植保产品后产生的农药残留，可能对公众健康构成风险隐患。为此，欧洲联盟（EU）已建立完善的立法框架，明确了植保产品所用有效成分的审批规则、植保产品的使用规范以及食品中农药残留的管控要求。为切实保障消费者权益，《欧盟议会与理事会第396/2005号（EC）法规》（Regulation (EC) No 396/2005）设定了法定限值，即“最大残留限量”（maximum residue levels，简称MRLs）。针对覆盖全品类食品的各类农药，均制定了欧盟统一的MRLs。对于MRL法规中未明确提及的农药，默认适用0.01 mg/kg的MRL。《欧盟议会与理事会第396/2005号（EC）法规》要求各成员国履行检测义务，确保上市食品符合法定残留限值要求。 若待测物（analytes）的浓度未达到或超过定量限（limit of quantification，LOQ），则该样品被认定为**无定量残留**。定量限（LOQ）指采用样品分析所用分析方法可实现定量检测的最低分析物浓度，通常定义为测试样品中分析物可被精准、准确测定的最小浓度。 若样品**检出定量残留**，且其残留浓度处于法定允许限值（最大残留限量，MRL）范围内，则判定为“残留浓度符合法定限值（低于或等于MRL）”的样品。 若检测所得的残留浓度在考虑测量不确定度后仍显著超出法定限值（MRL），则该样品被认定为**不符合合规要求**。当前行业惯例要求，在针对食品经营者违反MRL法规的行为实施法律或行政处罚前，必须将分析测量的不确定度纳入考量。