Rural Life
Contaminants were identified in only 18 of the 15,922 samples which were tested last year, under the National Residue Control Plan.
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that there was an overall rate of compliance of 99.69%.
Agri-Business
The results of testing carried out under the NRCP in 2016 have been released, with the overall rate of compliance remaining extremely high.
Beef
Some 0.22% of animals in 2014 tested positive for residues under the National Residue Control Plan (NRCP), figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
