The 2023 report examines the presence of approved and unapproved active substances in food. The data comes from EU Member States, along with Iceland and Norway.
This year, only 0.11% of samples (602 out of 548,194) were found to be non-compliant. That’s a small number, but it highlights the need for ongoing monitoring.
The report introduces a new way to group the samples into three categories:
- National risk-based control plan for production in Member States: 0.15% non-compliance
- National randomised surveillance plan: 0.29% non-compliance
- National risk-based control plan for imports from third countries: 0.23% non-compliance
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) uses this information to help decision-makers in the European Commission and Member States assess how well control plans are working. The goal is to minimize the presence of harmful substances in the EU food supply and to implement strategies for further reducing non-compliance in the future.
You can dive deeper into these results by checking out our interactive dashboard and data visualizations.
- Access the full 2023 report on monitoring veterinary medicinal product residues and other substances in live animals and their products.
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