The Spanish Food Safety Agency is tasked with notifying any authorisations concerning plant protection products, as stated in Article 4.2.d) of Royal Decree 709/2002, of 19 July, approving the Statute of the Spanish Food Safety Agency. The basis of the said report is to establish whether consumers are exposed to any risk from the use of plant protection products.

More information:

- Report on plant protection product authorisations: Establishing consumers' exposure to any related risks

- Maximum pesticide residue limits

- Risk assessment

- CNA: Controlling Plant Protection Products in food

Press releases:

- EFSA publica el Informe Anual de Residuos de Plaguicidas en Alimentos de 2009

- Harmonization of maximum pesticide residue limits in the European Union