Montenegro results from the monitoring of pesticide residues in food | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Knowledge Junction Published May 5, 2026 | Version 8 Dataset Open Montenegro results from the monitoring of pesticide residues in food Authors/Creators Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs 1 Center for Eco-Toxicological Research 2 Show affiliations 1.
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Center for Eco-Toxicological Research Description This dataset contains the analytical results of pesticide residues measured in the food products analysed by the national competent authorities. Pesticide residues resulting from the use of plant protection products on crops that are used for food or feed production may pose a risk factor for public health. For this reason, a comprehensive legislative framework has been established in the European Union (EU), which defines rules for the approval of active substances used in plant protection products, the use of plant protection products and for pesticide residues in food. In order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, legal limits, so called “maximum residue levels” or briefly “MRLs”, are established in Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EU-harmonised MRLs are set for all pesticides covering all types of food products. A default MRL of 0.01 mg/kg is applicable for pesticides not explicitly mentioned in the MRL legislation. Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 imposes on Member States the obligation to carry out controls to ensure that food placed on the market is compliant with the legal limits. The chemical monitoring data collected and published by EFSA include the analytical results provided by EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and three pre-accession countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. A sample is considered free of quantifiable residues if the analytes were not present in concentrations at or above the limit of quantification (LOQ). The LOQ is the smallest concentration of an analyte that can be quantified with the analytical method used to analyse the sample. It is commonly defined as the minimum concentration of the analyte in the test sample that can be determined with acceptable precision and accuracy. If a sample contains quantifiable residues but within the legally permitted limit (maximum residue level, MRL), it is described as a sample with quantified residue levels within the legal limits (below or at the MRL) A sample is considered non-compliant with the legal limit (MRL), if the measured residue concentrations clearly exceed the legal limits, taking into account the measurement uncertainty. It is current practice that the uncertainty of the analytical measurement is taken into account before legal or administrative sanctions are imposed on food business operators for infringement of the MRL legislation. REPORTING AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTING TO EACH DATA COLLECTION: MOPER_2024 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2023 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2022 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2021 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2020 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2019 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2018 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, MOPER_2017 - Center for Eco-Toxicological Research - Administration for Food safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, We are seeking feedback on our open data please complete the survey at the link below: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/9344dfa0-f384-cb72-65f6-6c187a6d0f14 Notes ME; CSV; [email protected] Files MOPER_ALL_DATA_SSD2_2024_ME.ZIP Files (989.6 kB) Name Size Download all MOPER_ALL_DATA_SSD2_2024_ME.ZIP md5:c14fb75348486d26507259094de3b4b0 989.6 kB Preview Download Additional details Related works Is cited by 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7215 (DOI) Is documented by 10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN-1544 (DOI) Is supplement to http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=homepage&language=EN (URL) Is supplemented by 10.5281/zenodo.1163629 (DOI) 10.5281/zenodo.1215986 (DOI) 10.5281/zenodo.1215887 (DOI) Subjects pesticide residues http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C3009 food control http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C1146 monitoring http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C846 risk assessment http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C1470 1K Views 595 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 1,274 90 Downloads Total downloads 595 27 Data volume Total data volume 1.5 GB 28.7 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords pesticide residues food control monitoring maximum residue levels consumer risk assessment agriculture crops plant-protection products chemicals Montenegro Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20035874 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035874) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035874.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035874 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035874"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035874.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.20035874.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20035874 Resource type Dataset Publisher Zenodo Languages English Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. 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