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Test Description

This proficiency test will measure pesticides identified in a herb matrix, including basil and oregano puree.

Herbs are widely used in cuisine and demand is expected throughout the year, not just seasonally. This can lead to increasing strain on complex global supply chains to meet demand. It is important to highlight poor quality produce from which to ensure consumer safety. Herbs, and by extension basil puree, are globally consumed in significant quantities. This results in extensive demand which can put global supply chains under pressure to meet. As a result, a range of pesticides can be used in excessive quantities, resulting in significant levels of pesticide residues being passed to the consumer, resulting in unsafe foodstuffs.

To ensure a high-quality crop, suppliers regularly use pesticides to reduce disease and pests within their crop. Through good farming practices, the levels of pesticides passed to the consumer is low and manageable below safe levels. Suppliers may not always be utilising good farming practice, so it is important to ensure high-quality testing to identify any high levels of various pesticides being passed to consumers. Foods for human consumption are tightly legislated and closely monitored for compliance across a range of pesticide residues, including chlorates. As a result, your effective testing measures are required to meet regulatory needs and protect consumers from potentially unsafe levels of a range of pesticide residues.

Fapas proficiency testing measures are invaluable for ensuring only high-quality test results are offered to your customers and regulators alike. This can be achieved through the use of challenging test materials, which are enabled due to the real food matrices Fapas utilise. These challenging test materials can ensure effective areas of improvement are highlighted, with areas of importance available to ensure test results are detailed and accurate enough to satisfy your customers.

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