Félix A. Morales Rodríguez go on the efsa website

The process of freezing stabilises different properties of the food. Concerning pesticides they are also kept in the frozen food. There is an EU coordinated multiannual control programme where all MSs collect and analyse for pesticide residues in food samples. The programme allows the collection of fresh but also frozen samples (e.g. spinach, peas without pods) as their content of pesticide remains unaltered. Recommended references: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/595 of 15 April 2015 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2016, 2017 and 2018 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin. OJ L 99, 16.4.2015, p. 7-20The European Union report on pesticide residues in food(www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4038). The 2014 report will be published on the EFSA website in the next weeks.

whoa.... hard to believe. Makes me cringe to think that's a potential president. This shit needs to be sorted out in the next 20 years fosho.

the organic industry has more money and power then monsanto in the US ^^' grist.org/food/organic-industry-sales-put-monsanto-to-shame/

uuum isn't that a good thing?

Brendan BerbleSnap It depend but for integrity it means that the organic industry (= anti conventionnal pesticides, anti gmo) has more lobbying and fear mongering potential.

+kingwilliam Dear William, thanks for your interest. Of course you can use the video for a school project. Best regards

Thank you so much :D

the IARC isn't independant at all... risk-monger.com/2016/04/13/iarcs-unprofessional-and-unethical-behaviour-time-to-retract-their-glyphosate-monograph/

Yeah, every other organisation in the world says that glyphosate is safe, but because ONE organisation (IARC not WHO) says the opposite, you believe the IARC.

the dose make the poison, ex: if you take everyday a little of salt it's okay, but too much you will get ill, and even more die.

Nazanin Naz this so harmful .you western companies sell poison in India also .so many problem but main problem is cancer, dirty water,and many many problems.natural agriculture is better.

India pesticide poisonong is mostly from suicide (ingestion). But there is also issues with bad use of pesticides (no protection, homemade pesticide (often worse) and fake pesticide/seeds (which ruins farmers), India need more regulation, control + education of farmers.

MorpheusVector we use organic farming more than 100000 of years.but our corrupt politicians Ruind our land.okay and I am farmer also and use organic.

yep and at this time (where 60% of the population where farmers) peoples died of famine and malnutrition. I personnaly believe in the green revolution to feed the 9 billions population in 2050 (with sustainable conventionnal agriculture).

The maximum residue levels apply to certain pesticide residue/crop combinations. The MRLs are the upper levels of pesticide residues that are legally permissible in or on food or animal feed, based on good agricultural practice and the lowest consumer exposure necessary to protect vulnerable consumers. They are derived after a comprehensive assessment of the properties of the active substance and the intended use of the pesticide. This means that for each of the samples of apples, potatoes, sweet pepper and strawberries there is an MRL in place that says how many mg (concentration) of a pesticide residue by kilogram of food can contain. This does not mean that all the samples that are on the market necessarily reach the MRL. Even more, this MRL has a security factor, in other words, even if the level (concentration) is reached that does not necessarily mean posing a risk to the consumers. Furthermore, the samples analysed are not normally eaten entirely at the same meal. So coming back to your 3 apples, 2 potatoes, 1 sweet pepper and some strawberries it is unlikely that you consumed the samples containing the highest amount of pesticides in the same meal. But even if you did, EFSA does take this remote event into account. So acute (short-term) and chronic (long-term) exposure are evaluated in a deterministic way, this is in a very conservative way to test the exposure to single pesticides consumed using different European diets. This is done when setting MRLs (prior to authorisation of plant protection product - PPP) to evaluate the possible risk before placing the PPP in the market but also on the monitoring data Member States send annually to EFSA to evaluate the exposure of EU citizens to pesticides. Moreover, EFSA is now developing a new way to assess exposure to mixture of pesticides having a common mode of action in an organ or in a system also in an acute and chronic exposure, the so called cumulative risk assessment Recommended references: The European Union report on pesticide residues in food: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4038 Interactive report on the 2013 European Union report on pesticide residues in food: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/150312 Cumulative Risk Assessment: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/160127