Bosnia and Herzegovina 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. The chemical monitoring data collected and published by EFSA include the analytical results provided by EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and three pre-accession countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. 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 <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. <strong>REPORTING AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTING TO EACH DATA COLLECTION:</strong> MOPER_2017 - Food Safety Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina <strong>We are seeking feedback on our open data please complete the survey at the link below:<br> https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/9344dfa0-f384-cb72-65f6-6c187a6d0f14</strong>本数据集收录了各国国家主管部门对食品开展分析检测后得到的农药残留分析结果。在用于食品或饲料生产的农作物上施用植物保护产品所产生的农药残留，可能对公众健康构成风险。为此，欧盟（EU）建立了完善的立法框架，对植物保护产品用活性物质的审批、植物保护产品的施用以及食品中农药残留的监管作出了明确规定。 为保障高水平的消费者保护，欧盟法规（EC）第396/2005号设立了法定限值，即“最大残留限量（Maximum Residue Levels，简称MRLs）”。针对覆盖所有食品品类的各类农药，均设定了欧盟统一协调的MRLs。对于未在MRL相关立法中明确列明的农药，适用0.01 mg/kg的默认最大残留限量。 欧盟法规（EC）第396/2005号要求各成员国承担监管义务，确保投放市场的食品符合法定残留限值。欧洲食品安全局（EFSA）收集并公开的化学监测数据，包含了欧盟成员国、冰岛、挪威以及三个入盟候选国——波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、黑山以及北马其顿所提供的检测结果。 若样本中未检出浓度达到或高于定量限（Limit of Quantification, LOQ）的分析物，则该样本被认定为**无定量残留**。定量限（LOQ）指采用当前分析方法可对分析物进行定量检测的最低浓度，通常被定义为测试样本中分析物可被接受的精密度与准确度范围内的最低可测浓度。 若样本**检出定量残留且浓度处于法定允许限值（即最大残留限量MRL）范围内**，则将其归类为残留浓度符合法定限值（低于或等于MRL）的样本。若经测量的残留浓度显著超出法定限值，且已考虑测量不确定度，则该样本被认定为**不符合法定限值（MRL）**。当前行业通行实践为：在对违反MRL法规的食品经营者采取法律或行政制裁前，需将分析测量的不确定度纳入考量范围。 **各数据采集工作组的报送机构：** MOPER_2017 —— 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那食品安全局 **我们期待您对本开放数据集的反馈，请通过以下链接完成调研问卷：<br> https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/9344dfa0-f384-cb72-65f6-6c187a6d0f14**