pesticide residues committee monitoring report second quarter 2004 april to june 1 introduction background the government s surveillance programme is overseen by prc chairman dr ian brown consultant occupational physician and toxicologist at southampton university hospitals members have academic food industry or consumer backgrounds information on membership of also available website www pesticides gov uk asp id 823 role advise ministers chief executives safety directorate psd standards agency fsa planning programmes for in supply evaluation results procedures sampling sample processing new methods analysis assessment variability related issues reporting this gives surveys carried out majority commodities samples were taken between january previous survey can be viewed 2 residue includes commodity