creators_name: Lo, Ming
creators_name: Matthews, Dave
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:08
metadata_visibility: show
title: Results of routine testing of organic food for agro-chemical residues
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2security
subjects: 7food
subjects: inputs_evaluation
subjects: 7consumer
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of organic researchers; COR; agro-chemical residues; contamination; rules; testing
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Consumers expect organic foods to be free of agro-chemical residues. Organix Brands plc. routinely test organic food ingredients for agrochemical residues using independent test laboratories. In the past year 243 batches of ingredients were tested and low levels of agro-chemical residues were found in 21% of samples. These residues can arise in organic food through environmental contamination, processing contamination or even the fraudulent use of agro-chemicals on organic food. Food containing agro-chemical residues can enter the organic system because of limitations in the organic rules
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 61-64
refereed: never
referencetext: no references
citation: Lo, Ming and Matthews, Dave (2002) Results of routine testing of organic food for agro-chemical residues. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 61-64.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8268/1/Lo_matthews_testing_agrochemical_residues.pdf