This page contains the annual reports made for the KAP project. The annual reports include overviews of the amount and type of data uploaded on the EFSA data collection framework (DCF) in response to the annual EFSA calls for data on food safety. The purpose of the annual reports is to provide insight and account for all the data processing and quality checks performed within the KAP project. Data quality, use of the data, international developments,consultation structures and new developments within the KAP project are also discussed. The annual reports are published at the start of the subsequent year and are only available in Dutch.  

The ChemKAP website was developed in order to provide general information on contaminants and pesticides, information on the KAP-database and the description of various risk and exposure assessment tools. Should you find any errors or have any comments or suggestions, please contact our team (Matthijs Sam, Gerda van Donkersgoed, Trijntje van der Velde-Koerts) working on the ChemKAP website: chemkap@rivm.nl. Correspondence address: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services P.O. Box1 3720 BA Bilthoven The Netherlands e-mail address:chemkap@rivm.nl. Office address: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 3721 MA Bilthoven PO Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven The Netherlands

Relatively high percentages of violations were found in leafy vegetables. One exception to this is iceberg lettuce, in which less than 1 percent of the samples contained an excessively high level.

Government policy aims mainly at preventing and controlling the contamination of foodstuffs. By subjecting veterinary drugs and pesticides to strict authorisation requirements, undesirable residue accumulation in dairy products is minimised. Dairy cows can for example be exposed to traces of pesticides via the raw materials used in animal feeds, if these chemicals are used to treat the crop. When authorising these pesticides the possibility that they may end up in milk is taken into consideration.

According to Directive 90/642/EEC, all European Member States are obliged to prepare a National Plan for Horticulture Products which shows how they will implement the monitoring for traces of pesticides in the coming year. The plan is implemented after approval by Brussels. The results from the previous year must also be reported to the European Commission.

The Dutch dairy industry continually monitors the purity and safety of milk and dairy products, taking account of a large number of risk factors. The Quality Programme for Agricultural Products (KAP) deals only with the residues and contaminants covered by the dairy industry’s monitoring programmes: organochlorine chemicals, PCBs and aflatoxin.

The government has laid down rules in the regulation on animal feeds to guarantee the quality of animal feeds, and thus also of meat, milk and eggs. Many of the legal requirements for producers and those who distribute animal feeds are set at the European level.