A/HRC/45/12/Add.4 adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (BPA). PARA publishes the results in detailed reports, available on the Agency's electronic portal2. 8. In 2019, a report published the results of the first cycle of the 2017-2020 Multi-Year Plan of PARA. In all, 4,616 samples of 14 foods of plant origin representative of the diet of the Brazilian population were analyzed: pineapple, lettuce, garlic, rice, sweet potato, beet, carrot, chayote, guava, orange, mango, bell pepper, tomato, and grape. The samples were collected in retail establishments in 77 Brazilian municipalities, and up to 270 different pesticides were researched in the analyzed samples. 9. Of the total samples, 3,544 (77%) were considered satisfactory regarding the researched pesticides. In 2,254 samples (49%), no residues were detected, and 1,290 samples (28%) presented residues with concentrations equal to or less than the Maximum Residue Limit (LMR), established by Anvisa. 1,072 samples (23%) were considered unsatisfactory in relation to compliance with the LMR. 10. Considering the results obtained in the 2017/2018 cycle, all detected pesticide residues with an established Dose of Acute Reference (DRfA), an acute toxicological safety parameter, were submitted to an acute risk assessment. This evaluation indicated that 0.89% of the analyzed samples had an acute health risk potential. 11. Regarding the chronic risk assessment, considering the data obtained from 2013 to 2018, there were no situations of potential risk to consumers' health for the group above ten years of age, which is the population covered by the last published survey of food consumption data in the country (Household Budget Survey POF/IBGE 2008-2009). 12. Thus, the results of monitoring and risk assessment compiled in this report, corresponding to the analysis of various foods that are part of Brazilians’ basic diet, indicate that the foods consumed in Brazil are safe as regards the potential risks of acute and chronic intoxication arising from dietary exposure to pesticide residues. The registered acute risk situations are punctual and of known origin. So, Anvisa has been taking steps to mitigate the identified risks and develop standards that enable the control and proper use of pesticides by the different food production chains. It should be noted that the results regarding the identified risks are similar to those obtained in the European waste control program conducted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 13. It should also be noted that the analysis methodology adopted by Anvisa for the assessment and toxicological re-evaluation of pesticides is in line with the best international regulatory practices. All tests and trials must be carried out under the specifications issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Chemical Safety Program (IPCS/WHO), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), the Pan American Center for Human Ecology and Health (ECO/PAHO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Registry of Potentially Toxic Substances of the United Nations Environment Program (IRPTC/UNEP), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of the European Economic Community (OECD/EEC) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 14. Next, excerpts from the preliminary version of the Special Rapporteur's report that deserve comments and clarification will be highlighted. 30. Pesticides prohibited by other countries because of environmental or health risks remain in use in Brazil. Forty-four percent of active ingredients in Brazil are not approved in the EU (p. 8). 58. Brazil’s laws and policies have not eliminated many hazardous substances and processes forbidden around the world. To the contrary, the Government’s deregulatory agenda has increased the hazards confronting workers (p. 14). (n) Develop time bound plants to urgently reduce pesticide and toxic industrial chemical use and exposure, including: (vi) Ban the use of industrial chemicals forbidden from use in OECD countries (p. 63) 2 http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/programa-de-analise-de-registro-deagrotoxicos-para. 3