Pesticide and Metabolite Reference Materials

Although the use of pesticides in food products continues to cause concern on environmental and safety grounds, insecticides and herbicides will play key roles in guaranteeing global food security for years to come.

Since pesticides are intrinsically toxic, testing for pesticide residues in food will be vital in ensuring that goods do not exceed maximum residue limits for pesticides (pesticide MRLs) and are safe to eat. Constant vigilance will also be required to protect consumers from unauthorised or banned pesticides, a lack of good agricultural practice (GAP), and the dangers posed by differences in pesticide regulations between nations.

For more than 50 years, LGC Standards companies have adapted and expanded our portfolio of pesticide and metabolite food reference materials to meet changing regulations, technology, and quality requirements - enabling us to provide testing and research establishments with several thousand food-relevant pesticide reference materials and analytical tools today.

Many of our food pesticide standards are accredited to ISO 17034 - and come with comprehensive Certificates of Analysis (CoAs) guaranteeing that your product is a completely known quantity - or produced under our manufacturing sites’ ISO 17025 certification.