While it is generally accepted that organic food contains little or no pesticides compared to non-organic, The Food Standards Authority and other regulators maintain that pesticides residues below the minimum levels set by the EU do not pose risks to consumers. This would suggest that the large difference in chemical pesticide residues between organic and conventional crops has no nutritional or health significance.
However, a significant proportion of crop samples monitored by the European Food Standards Authority continues to have pesticides residues above these minimum levels