Pesticides – Multimedia

Find out about the latest adoptions and discussions by EFSA’s expert panel on plant protection products (pesticides) and their residues.

Download this list to discover more about some of the key chromatographic techniques, exploring how they work, their applications and their limitations.

Tony Shelton, Cornell professor of entomology, discusses how the Oxitec Diamondback Moth could provide an innovative solution to sustainable pest control—without the use of insecticide.

Chemists need to determine and optimize parameters for instruments to enable detection of novel contaminants. This guide provides an easy reference for compound optimization with LC-MS/MS.

Utilizing a single instrument and single prep method, our method is rapid and reliable— suitable for labs wanting to comply with stringent regulations.

Pesticides help to maximise food crop production however, the potential for them to remain in consumer products and the environment is of significant concern due to their potentially harmful effects. Effective screening is therefore imperative to prevent pesticides from entering the food chain or contaminating the environment.

Crops that have been treated with pesticides may contain chemical residues. To ensure that pesticides are used correctly and their residues do not pose a risk to consumers, legal limits are set in EU legislation. This infographic describes how pesticide residues are monitored in Europe.

Pesticides play an important role in maintaining yields of agricultural crops. However, the residues from pesticides can potentially be harmful to humans if they get into the food we eat. A pesticides expert at EFSA explains the measures that are in place to reduce the risks.

Jeremy Shia shows Jen Fournier the options for removing chlorophyll from QuEChERS spinach extracts prior to GC-MS/MS analysis.

MyDx can test for pesticides in the food you eat, chemicals in the water you drink, toxins in the air you breathe, and the safety and potency of your cannabis samples.