EUROPE - More than 97% of European food products contain pesticide residues, according to analyses carried out by the EU’s national authorities. The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) annual compilation of results from studies across the EU on the presence of pesticides in food products held no surprises. Of the 84,341 samples of produce from conventional agriculture analysed, 97.2% contained traces of one or more of 774 pesticides. Meanwhile, 99.3% of organic food was free from residues or within legal limits. To meet EU standards, the residues of any pesticide present in a product must not exceed two times the legal limit. But these values are highly contested, particularly for endocrine disruptors, which can be active at very low concentrations.