New Zealand Food Safety conducts an annual monitoring programme looking at safe and suitable food intended for sale in New Zealand’s domestic market. This programme is one of the ways New Zealand Food Safety monitors the agrichemical residues in produce in New Zealand.
The produce tested by this programme is randomly selected and purchased from retail premises and distributors throughout New Zealand.
The annual results of the food residues survey programme for the 2020/2021 year can be found here.