農產品農藥殘留一直是消費大眾關注的議題， 97年度市售農產品殘留農藥監測計畫之執行，由各縣市(政府)衛生局每月抽送農產品檢體6件至本局、中、南、東各檢驗站及衛生局區域聯合分工檢驗體系之農藥殘留檢驗室，依據行政院衛生署公告之食品中殘留農藥檢驗方法－多重殘留分析方法(三)、(四)及食品中殘留農藥檢驗方法－二硫代胺基甲酸鹽類之檢驗(二)予以檢測，農藥檢驗項目共196種。本計畫共抽驗1765件檢體，檢驗結果1557件符合規定，合格率88.2%。其中蔬菜類1263件，符合規定者1076件，合格率85.2%；水果檢體408件中，符合規定者392件，合格率96.1%；其他類檢體94件，符合規定者89件，合格率94.7%。不符規定檢體208件，超過殘留農藥安全容許量標準而不合格者5件，經檢出不得使用於各該類作物之農藥而不合格者203件。為保護消費者食的安全，本調查結果對不符規定者，已發布不合格食品資訊，各地方衛生權責機關亦依法處辦。

The monitoring program of pesticide residues on marketed agricultural products was performed in BFDA (Burea of Foos and Drug Anlaysis), Taiwan. A total of 1765 samples were collected in 2008 by the local health
bureaus from supermarkets and traditional markets. The samples were analyzed by multi-residue testing method of pesticides, which were promulgated by the Department of Health of Taiwan. This method allows simultaneous determination of 196 items of pesticides by GC/ECD, GC/FPD and LC/MS/MS. One hundred and eighty-seven (14.8%) of the 1263 vegetable samples, 16 (3.9%) of the 408 fruit samples and 5 (5.3%) of the 94 other samples were violative to MRL. The overall rate of violation was 11.8%. Of the violative samples, 5 contained pesticide residues at levels above the MRL for the given pesticide to the given crops catogery. Two hundred three of the violative samples contained pesticide residue which were not allowed for use in those crops catogery. The local government has enforced the penalty to the supplier or farmer who provided the violative samples based on the Food Sanitation Control Act and its Enforcement Rules of Taiwan.