DG-SANTE Guidance Documents
Click here to acces the DG-SANTE website "Guidelines - Maximum Residue Levels"
(it contains links to many pesticide-related guidance documents beyond the ones linked below)
Guidances on Analytical Methods:
- Guidance document on analytical quality control and method validation procedures for pesticide residues analysis in food and feed (a.k.a AQC-Guidelines or AQC-Procedures) (SANCO/12574/2014 rev.5.1, 30 November-1 December 2015)
- Technical Guideline on the Evaluation of Extraction Efficiency of Residue Analytical Methods (SANTE/2017/10632. Rev.5 – 11 May 2023)
- Residues Analytical Methods for Risk Assessment and Post-approval Control and Monitoring Purposes (SANTE/2020/12830. Rev 2 – 14 February 2023)
Guidances on Monitoring/Reporting:
- 'Working document on pesticides to be considered for inclusion in the national control programmes to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (SANCO/12745/2013, Rev.15(3), 21-22 November 2023)
- Information note on Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards processing factors, processed and composite food and feed (SANTE/10704/2021, 22 February 2022)
- Working document on the summing up of LOQs in case of complex residue definitions (SANCO/12574/2014 rev.5.1, 30 November-1 December 2015)
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