The Union Government on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it had constituted a six-member committee of experts to deal with presence of pesticides' residue in vegetable and fruits across the country.

Additional Solicitor-General A.S. Chandhiok made this submission before a Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajeev Shakdhar. The Bench was hearing a suo motu petition on the basis of a media report alleging presence of poisonous pesticides' residue in fruits and vegetables.