Author/Editor		Ciraj, Marta
Title		Monitoring pesticidov v živilih in kmetijskih proizvodih
Translated title		Pesticide monitoring in foodstuffs and agricultural products
Type		članek
Source		In: Maček J, editor. Zbornik predavanj in referatov 4. slovenskega posvetovanja o varstvu rastlin; 1999 mar 3-4; Portorož. Ljubljana: Društvo za varstvo rastlin Slovenije,
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 367-71
Language		slo
Abstract		The purpose of the Pesticide Monitoring is at least fourfold: risk assessment owing to pesticides and public health risk assessment; ascertaining compliance with the prescribed maximum residual levels and timely action to prevent further contamination, if necessary; ascertainment of the sanitary quality of domestic produce and products in comparison with imported ones; and international data exchange in accordance with the prescribed requirements. For the realisation of the above objectives, the data available must be representative and reliable Therefore pesticide residues, i.e. agricultural (phytopharmaceutical agents) and non-agricultural (biocides) pesticides and their degradation products must be monitored in all the media where they can be expected. Their coordinated, regular and systematic monitoring must be carried out in soil. water, plants, animals, drinking water and, if possible, air. The data must be intercomparable. Therefore the sampiing method and the requirements for those laboratories that pertorm analysis within the national monitoring must be laid down. In order to perform pesticide monitoring, in the Republic of Slovenia, for pesticide residues in foodstuffs and agricultural products as well as in drinking water and its sources, two regulations have been drafted to enable the achievement of the objectives set. The first of them, the Regulation on monitoring of pesticides in foodstuffs and agricultural products will be represented in this article.
Descriptors		FOOD ANALYSIS PESTICIDES PESTICIDE RESIDUES