Exposure assessment of the Belgian population to pesticide residues through fruit and vegetable consumption

International audience ; The exposure of the Belgian consumer to pesticide residues via the consumption of fruit and vegetables was determined based on data collected in the Belgian food consumption survey performed by the Scientific Institute for Public Health and data of the monitoring programme 2005 of the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain. A first screening of pesticide residue exposure was performed by a deterministic approach. For most pesticide residues studied, the exposure was hundred times lower than the ADI (‘acceptable daily inatke'). However, for a high consu... Mehr ...