Brussels, 29/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - On 24 May, the European Commission published the results of the 2000 programme for control of pesticide residue. These results, which are based on 45,000 samples of fruit, vegetables and cereals, show that 61% of the samples examined did not contain detectable pesticide residue, that in 35% of the samples the maximum safety limits were not reached, and that these limits were reached in the remaining 4%. The Commission believes this does not necessarily...