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Organic crop production must obey strict regulations. In recent years, it is promoted in Poland by government financial support which has been reflected in Rural Areas Development Plans for 2004–2006 and 2007–2013. Thanks to putting into effect the agricultural and environmental package „Organic production”, Polish farmers can apply for EU surcharges, which are targeted at those who by implementation of organic production do not contribute to environmental pollution. Implementation of organic production forced the farmers to obey the EU Council Regulation No 834/2007 on organic production and labeling of organic products. In other EU countries, farmers growing organic crops have access to a wider range of „ecological” insecticides than do the farmers in Poland; these include such insecticides as spinosad (sum of spinosyn A and spinosyn D), azadirachtin and rotenone. There was then a need to develop an analytical method for the mentioned insecticides before they are registered in Poland. In this work, the QuEChERS sample preparation technique was used prior to ultra performance liquid chromatographic/mass spectrometric determination of „ecological” insecticides in plant material (tomato and cabbage) as well as in soil. Very satisfactory analytical performance date were obtained at three spiking levels of 0.01, 0.05, 0.1 mg/kg. Limits of determination were 0.01 mg/kg in all cases. The method was used to analyze samples under grant No NN 310 4358 33r, entitled „Application of natural substances in protection of organically grown potato and cabbage”, being in progress in Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute.