UK 2007 MRL violations slightly up
Maximum residue limit (MRL) violations in the UK in 2007 accounted for 1.8% of samples, fractionally higher than the 2006 figure of 1.7%, in a monitoring study by the UK Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC). MRL violations in food originating in the UK were lower at 0.7% than the 3% in food originating from outside the country.