PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Europe) explains that food safety and pesticide residues are not a good mix. This NGO is fighting for sustainable pesticides, given the most recent data published on 11 April on the official inspections carried out in 2015 by the member states, Norway and Iceland on pesticide residues contained in foodstuffs (see EUROPE 11767).
Although the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) concluded that the “health risk to consumers remains low” in the residues identified...