Pesticides residues in food: School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme 2016 to 2017
Results from the government鈥檚 pesticides residue monitoring programme in the school year 2016 to 2017 for the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme.
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皇冠体育app Department of Health funds the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme as part of the 鈥�5 a day鈥� programme to increase fruit and vegetable consumption.
皇冠体育app Department of Health commission their own testing. Those results are reviewed by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) before being published here. Suppliers to the scheme are also required to get their produce tested for pesticide residues regularly and to send these results to the Department of Health.
皇冠体育appse results cover the school year 2016 to 2017.
Updates to this page
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Added the spring and summer term 2017 results.
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First published.