Pesticide Residue Level
type: Concept
broader: food-safety-and-quality
definition: Concentration of a specified pesticide residue in food, measured against the applicable maximum residue limit, in milligrams per kilogram.
in scheme: performance-metrics
notation: 10.03
scope note: Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides (CX/MRL); EU Regulation (EC) 396/2005.
aggregation method: maximum
allowed unit: MK
improvement direction: lower