The Department of Pesticide and Food Analysis (PLMA), of the Institute of Food Safety Innsbruck is entrusted with the tasks of the National Reference Laboratory for Residues of Pesticides. In this area of responsibility fall the NRL agendas of the matrix classes:

• Fruit and Vegetables (FV)
• Cereals and feed (CF)
• Food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content (AO)
• Single methods (SRM)

• Analytics within the framework of the National Residue Control Plan for Pesticide Residues
• Support of the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection in the annual preparation of the National Residue Control Plan for pesticide residues
• Performing confirmatory analyses
• Laboratory intercomparison studies for routine laboratories
• Development and validation of new analytical methods
• Panel activities
• Pesticide analytics