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1 Pesticide Residue Control Results National summary report Country: AUSTRIA Year: 2013 National competent authority/organisation: Austrian Federal Ministry of Health Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Web address where the national annual report is published: Page 1 of 5

2 1. Objective and design of the national control programme 1.1. Responsibilities The national pesticide monitoring is conducted according to a nation-wide sampling plan designed by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Division for Risk Assessment, Data and Statistics) in co-operation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health. The plan is based on data concerning dietary consumption, production and import of fruits and vegetables and it takes into account the results of earlier monitoring programmes, as well as the analytical possibilities. The national monitoring programme furthermore covers the co-ordinated programme of the European Commission. In addition, routine samples were taken from the Austrian market by the responsible bodies Design of Programmes (priorities, targeting, criteria for the percentage of samples to be taken from the organic sector) The collected data are representative for the Austrian market. Based on the results of the previous years, however, a higher risk for pesticide residues was identified for some commodities. These commodities were especially targeted in the monitoring programme and chosen for further examination, with the aim of reflecting the results of the previous years. This year, emphasis was laid on the sampling of fruits and vegetables from organic farming. This type of partially targeted monitoring is foreseen for the following years Sampling: personnel, procedures, sampling points The samples were taken by trained officials from the local Food Inspection Service ( Lebensmittelaufsicht ) in accordance to the Commission Directive 2002/63/EC, which is implemented in the internal quality assurance system of the officials. The samples were predominantly taken at the retail or wholesale level Analytical methods used The analytical methods were adopted from published methods of the Dutch federal laboratories ( Analytical Methods for Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs, 6th Ed., General Inspectorate for Health Protection, Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport, The Netherlands) and validated in the laboratories. The samples were analysed up to a maximum of 585 substances (part of sums included). The multiresidue methods were based on QuECHERs method, combined with GC-MS/MS, GC-ECD, GC-NPD, GC-FPD, LC-MS/MS. Single residue methods were used for Dithiocarbamate (GC-MS), Bromide (GC-ECD), Glyphosate/Glufosinate (LC-MS/MS), Ethephon (LC-MS/MS) and phenoxy acids (LC-MS/MS). 2. Key findings, interpretation of the results and comparability with the previous year results In 2013 a total of 1141 samples of fresh fruits, vegetables and plant products were analysed under the coordinated programme, the national pesticide monitoring programme and as routine samples. In addition, other products like cereals (26 samples), processed products (463 samples), animal products (573 samples) and baby food (106 samples) were analysed. In sum, 2309 samples were examined for pesticide residues. 46,6 % of all samples originated from Austria, 32,7 % came from the European market, 13,4 % from third countries and the rest from an unknown origin. The percentage of surveillance samples with residues above the MRL were 0,84 %, 1,5 %, 3,6 % and 0 % respectively (without taking into account the measurement uncertainty). Page 2 of 5

3 In 40 % of the samples (surveillance and enforcement) of fruit and vegetables (denoted as Sum of fruits and nuts, vegetable, other plant products in the validation report), no pesticide residues could be detected. 58 % of the samples had residues below or at the Maximum Residue Limits (MRL). Disregarding measurement uncertainties, 1,4 % of the samples of fruits and vegetables contained one or more pesticide(s) numerically above the MRL (32 samples). If, however, measurement uncertainty is taken into account, the number of unprocessed or processed samples of fruits and vegetables containing pesticide residues above the MRL, and thus being non-compliant, is reduced to 18 samples (0,9 %). In 509 samples (22 %), more than one pesticide was found. The maximum number of different pesticides found in one sample was 12 (in two samples of grapes). 40 samples were taken as enforcement samples, of which 1 samples contained pesticide residues above the MRL and were non-compliant. The number of non-compliances was lower than Non-compliant samples: possible reasons and actions taken In 2013, a total of 18 samples (0,9 %, all commodities) were non-compliant with the EU-MRLs, taking into account the measurement uncertainty. For these samples, administrative actions were set by the responsible officials from the local Food Inspection Service. Table 1: Actions taken on the non-compliant samples Number of noncompliant samples Action taken 16 Administrative Actions 2 Administrative Actions and RASFF notification Note RASFF-ref: 2013.BBI (Sample code: ) RASFF-ref: (Sample code: ) Table 2: Possible reasons for MRL non compliance Product Residue Reasons for MRL non-compliance Note Eggs Chicken Eggs Chicken Cherries Cherries Chestnuts Head cabbage Lamb s lettuce Leek Lettuce Lindane Lindane Dimethoate (sum) Monocrotophos Chlorothalonil Dimethoate (sum) Vinclozolin (sum) Abamectin (sum) Procymidone Page 3 of 5

4 Lettuce Lettuce Okra, ladys fingers Okra, ladys fingers Pineapples Table grapes Procymidone Vinclozolin (sum) Chlormequat Chlormequat Propiconazole Azoxystrobin Iprodione Imidacloprid Quinalphos 4. Quality assurance The analysis of the co-ordinated programme, the national monitoring programme and routine samples was conducted by the Institute for Food Control Innsbruck of the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety. One additional Laboratory in Vienna (Regional Institute for Food Control in Vienna (LUA3)) analysed routine samples. All laboratories received the accreditation in the year 1998 and the methods for pesticide analyses are still accredited. Table 3: Laboratories participating in the control programme Country code AT AT Laboratory Name Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Institutes and Competence centres) Regional Institute for Food Control in Vienna Participation in Laboratory Accreditation Accreditation proficiency tests or Code Date Body interlaboratory tests AGES BMWA EUPT AO8 (raw poultry meat) EUPT C7 (feed for laying hens (cereals, vegetable oil, minerals and vitamins)) EUPT FV 15 (potatoe homogenate) EUPT SM05 (potatoe homogenate) EUPT SRM8 (potato purée) Bipea 19d-Pesticides (native olive oil) VDLUFA Futtermittel- Enquette 2012/2013 ("compound animal feedstuff") EUPT T01 (Green Tea (Chinese)) EURL-PT-DP_1302-MI( milk powder and milk fat, ndl-pcbs (indicator PCB congeners)) LUA BMWA EURL Proficiency Test FV-15 (Pesticide Residues in Potatoe Homogenate) EU Proficiency Test EUPT-SRM8 (Residues of Page 4 of 5

5 Pesticides Requiring Single Residues Methods (Potato Homogenate)) Proficiency test of the Austrian NRL for pesticide residues 2013 (PTPR 2013, rice homogenate) IMEP-37 (Determination of pesticides in grapes) Page 5 of 5