{"id":755341,"date":"2026-08-31T07:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755341\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T07:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:04:16","slug":"uk-pesticide-advisory-group-winds-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755341\/","title":{"rendered":"UK pesticide advisory group winds down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-theme aspect-16\/9 bg-bgr-tone\" loading=\"eager\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pesticide-word-cloud.png\" alt=\"UK pesticide advisory group winds down\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n        Published:<br \/>\n        August 31, 2026, 12:02 am\n      <\/p>\n<p>          Last updated:<br \/>\n          August 31, 2026, 12:03 am<\/p>\n<p>The chair of a group that gave advice related to surveillance of pesticides in food\u00a0in the United Kingdom has hailed the \u201cpositive contribution\u201d it made following its final meeting. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) was a\u00a0Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)\u00a0scientific advisory committee. The government decided to close the group in 2025. The last meeting in May 2026 considered findings from the final quarter of the 2025 monitoring program.<\/p>\n<p>The main role of\u00a0PRiF\u00a0was to advise on the UK national surveillance program for pesticide residues in food, which is managed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).<\/p>\n<p>          This post is for paying subscribers only<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"kg-button gh-btn rounded-btn! bg-brand! text-brand-contrast! hover:brightness-110 font-medium!\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-typ\">Already have an account? <a class=\"kg-link text-typ! hover:text-brand! hover:opacity-100! decoration-2! underline-offset-2!\" data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      Your Support Protects Public Health<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Food Safety News is nonprofit and reader-funded. Your TAX-FREE gift ensures ongoing coverage of outbreaks, recalls, and regulations for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: August 31, 2026, 12:02 am Last updated: August 31, 2026, 12:03 am The chair of a group&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-755341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}