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EFSA presents data on pesticide residues detected in foodstuffs

The report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), published that the non-compliance rate of pesticides in food decreased in 2019. In 2019, 96.1 % of the 96,302 samples analyzed were below the maximum residue limit (MRL). The…

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continúan aumentando en octubre

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos continuaron aumentando por quinto mes consecutivo en octubre, liderados por los cereales, el azúcar, los productos lácteos y los aceites vegetales, según un nuevo informe de la Organización de las Naciones…

Global trade in food and agricultural products more than doubles in last two decades

Global agri-food trade has more than doubled since 1995, amounting to $1.5 trillion in 2018, with emerging and developing countries' exports on the rise and accounting for over one-third of the world's total, according to a new report issued…

Global food prices rise in July

Global food prices continued rising for the second consecutive month in July, led by vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the benchmark United Nations report. The Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Price Index averaged 94.2…

AGENDA Standing Committee 24 November 2018 about Copper Compounds

Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed Section Phytopharmaceuticals – Legislation (as part of PAFF Committee on Phytopharmaceuticals – Pesticide Residues) 27 NOVEMBER 2018 CIRCABC Link: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/ea6ae06f-931f-4384-b285-945ed392c018 AGENDA Section…

Brazil launches expanded food residue study

Brazilian state and federal authorities have initiated sample collections in expanded monitoring of pesticide residues in food in the country. They will form the current national pesticide residues in food analysis programme, the Para. The programme…