With the focus action A-918-18 "National Control Program Pesticides", 806 samples from all over Austria were tested for pesticide residues.

35 samples were rejected:

• In 34 samples, the maximum levels for at least one pesticide active ingredient were exceeded. Ten of these samples were unfit for human consumption.
• One sample was rejected on suspicion of violating the regulations of the EU regulation on organic farming or because of misleading claims regarding the claim "organically grown" according to the Food Information Regulation.

Each member state establishes a national pesticide residue control program annually. In 2018, basmati rice, pears, potatoes/potatoes, strawberries, fresh figs, cucumbers, millet and pseudocereals, melons, tomatoes/paradise, peaches and nectarines, freshwater fish from third countries, and cultivated mushrooms were tested under this program. For the first time, a so-called "RASFF Follow-Up" was carried out: In this context, foodstuffs that have frequently appeared in notifications of the European rapid alert system RASFF in the past one to two years were increasingly examined.