Guideline / position statementindependent cross-checkabstract only checked I-RES-03 standard review
EU pesticide residue limits
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin
Overview
European Parliament and Council. Official Journal of the EU 2005
EU law sets maximum pesticide residue levels for all foods.
Does the study support the specific claim? Unclear · Methodological quality: high
Plain-language summary
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Set MRLs.
- How was the study done?
Regulation.
- What was actually found?
MRL framework.
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Residues are controlled.
- What are the study's limitations?
Title only.
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
Context.
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
High.
Scientific in-depth review
1. Full reference
- Authors
- European Parliament and Council
- Journal
- Official Journal of the EU
- Year
- 2005
- Identifier
- Verification
- verified – Text read on legislation.gov.uk (copy of EU legislation as adopted, published up to 31 Dec 2020); EUR-Lex returned HTTP 202 (bot check) and could not be read. Fetched 2026-10-25.
- Retracted
- no
- Corrections
- none
- Extent checked
- abstract only
- Conflicts of interest and funding
not applicable (official document)
2. Research question
3. Study design and population
- Study design
- Guideline / position statement – EU regulation on maximum residue levels of pesticides
- Country
EU
- Period
2005
4. Methods and endpoints
5. Actual results
- Results
Title read: 'Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 ... on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin'. Framework for MRLs and EU monitoring (basis of EFSA annual reports).
- Absolute risks
not reported
6. Strengths
- Binding law
7. Weaknesses
- Only title page read
8. Risk of bias
- Orienting tool
- none applicable
- Type of assessment
- simplified assessment (abstract only)
- Full formal assessment
- no
- Overall risk of bias
- not assessable
9. Assessment of the statistical interpretation
10. Relevance to the specific claim
Context for C-RES-01/02.
11. Independent contrary findings
12. Transferability to Germany and Europe
High.
13. Overall methodological judgement
Legal reference.
| Multidimensional assessment | |
|---|---|
| Authenticity of the source | verified |
| Methodological quality | high |
| Risk of bias | not assessable |
| Precision of results | not applicable |
| Directness | direct |
| Reproducibility | not replicated |
| Consistency with the overall evidence | unknown |
| Regional transferability | high |
| Adequacy of the interpretation (by the archive) | not applicable |