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UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual report for 2023

Summary of the work carried out by the Health and Safety Executive on the control plans for pesticide residues in food in 2023.

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the UK competent authority for pesticide residues in food. HSE is responsible for producing annual reports on the monitoring of pesticides in food in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

These annual reports summarise the work and results of the control plan for pesticide residues in food. The data is published on data.gov.uk.

The results of the pesticide testing programme for 2021 and 2022 were published on UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual reports, 2021 and 2022. Before 2021, the results of the pesticide testing programme were published in the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) annual report.

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Published 2 July 2025

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