Pesticide Residues are defined as?

• A. Particles that remain in small amounts in or on foods and feeds
• B. The maximum legal residue limit
• C. The amount of pesticide used per acre
• D. The residue eliminated by washing

Answer: (A)

Pesticide residues are the trace amounts of pesticide chemicals that remain on or in foods and feeds after pesticide application. They’re what regulators measure to ensure safety, representing what is left behind rather than what was applied or any legal threshold. The maximum legal residue limit is a safety tolerance set by authorities, not the definition of residues themselves. The amount used per acre refers to application rate, which isn’t about what stays on the product. Washing may reduce residues, but it doesn’t define what residues are. So residues are the small amounts that remain in or on foods and feeds.