Pesticide residues - hidden extras
Pesticides are present in many of the foods that we regularly eat, but we can’t see them or taste them and so they are hard to avoid. Surveys of consumers regularly show that most people would prefer to eat food without pesticide residues.
How do we know which foods have the most pesticides on them? How safe are they? What can we do to reduce our intake of pesticides? Which pesticides are most likely to occur and what hazards do they pose? These pages are designed to answer these questions and provide the public with the information they need to make informed choices about what they eat.
We have looked at all the available data to identify which foods are likely to cause the greatest consumption of residues. Further details on how we did this can be found
here.
These webpages will be evolving as our research continues and as data becomes available. We would like your feedback on how useful you find the information, and on what more you would like to see.
Whilst PAN UK have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this website, we cannot be held responsible for any errors.
