Trends in analysis of pesticide residues to fulfil the European Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009

The legislative requirements and the concern about the harmful effects of pesticide residues have encouraged the development of methods to determine pesticides at trace levels in/on matrices of concern. The purpose of this work is to provide a state of art about the trends in the analysis of pesticide residues within the agrochemical sector, in order to fulfil the European pesticide Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 requirements. Promising emerging methodologies and novel instrumental techniques are also highlighted.