date:Sep 03, 2019
duction on a now organic field can taint crops. Moreover, the analysis of pesticide residues is unable to reveal whether all of the rules for organic production have been complied with, such as the absence of inorganic fertilisers.
Our method does not reveal whether pesticides have been used, but whether organic plants have been fertilised correctly. As such, the method complements existing analytical controls and, overall, provides a much more detailed picture of the growing history, explains