This Regulation establishes, in accordance with the general principles laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, in particular the need to ensure a high level of consumer protection F1... relating to maximum levels of pesticide residues in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)