Irish 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. <strong>REPORTING AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTING TO EACH DATA COLLECTION:</strong> MOPER_2018 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2017 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2016 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2015 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2014 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2013 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2012 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine MOPER_2011 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine <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>本数据集收录了由国家主管部门分析检测的食品中农药残留的分析结果。用于食品或饲料生产的作物施用植物保护产品后产生的农药残留，可能对公众健康构成风险因素。为此，欧洲联盟（EU）建立了完善的立法框架，对植物保护产品中有效成分的审批、植物保护产品的使用以及食品中的农药残留作出了明确规定。为保障高水平的消费者保护，（EC）第396/2005号法规设立了法定限值，即**最大残留限量（Maximum Residue Levels，简称MRLs）**。针对覆盖各类食品的所有农药，均设有欧盟统一协调的MRL。对于未在残留限量立法中明确提及的农药，默认适用0.01 mg/kg的最大残留限量。 （EC）第396/2005号法规要求欧盟成员国承担监管抽检义务，确保投放市场的食品符合法定限值要求。若待测物浓度未达到**定量限（Limit of Quantification，简称LOQ）**及以上，则该样本被认定为**无定量检出残留**。LOQ指采用本分析方法对样本进行检测时，可准确定量的待测物最小浓度，通常定义为测试样本中待测物可通过可接受的精密度与准确度完成测定的最低浓度。 若样本**存在定量检出残留**且浓度处于法定允许范围内（即最大残留限量MRL以内或等于MRL），则判定为“残留量符合法定限值（低于或等于MRL）”的样本。若经考量测量不确定度后，检测到的残留浓度显著超出法定限值（MRL），则该样本被认定为**不符合合规要求**。当前行业通行做法为，在对食品经营者违反MRL法规的行为采取法律或行政制裁前，需将分析检测的不确定度纳入考量范围。 **各数据批次的报送机构：** MOPER_2018 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部（Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine） MOPER_2017 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2016 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2015 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2014 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2013 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2012 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 MOPER_2011 — 爱尔兰农业、食品与海事部 **诚邀您对本开放数据提出反馈，请通过以下链接完成问卷：** https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/9344dfa0-f384-cb72-65f6-6c187a6d0f14