RESIDUE ANALYSIS

The main purpose of the Directorate: South African Agricultural Food, Quarantine and Inspection Services (SAAFQIS) laboratories in Pretoria and Stellenbosch are to audit fruit, vegetables, grain and specific other products for compliance with maximum residue limits (MRL’s). These are either prescribed by internationally agreed standards or are the specific requirements set by individual importing countries. This regulatory analysis is in compliance with South African international agreements and the monitoring is focused on a wide spectrum of substances that includes pesticide residues from:

Registered spraying programmes

Listed in the requirements of importing countries, as well as

Banned / illegal substances.

Standard operating procedure on sampling and analysis of agricultural products of plant origin to determine agro-chemical residue levels as part of export inspection and certification in terms of the Agricultural Product Standards Act

Standard operating procedure on sampling and analysis of grains, oilseeds and groundnuts to determine mycotoxin levels and risk management as part of export inspection and certification in terms of the APS Act