Analytics

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in our own laboratories.

 

1) Critical results with respect to max. residue level (MRL) utilization (November 2020)

Prodcut

active substance

utilisation MRL[%]*

Origin

Apples

Pyrimethanil

1800

France

Mango

Thiabendazol

760

Brasil

Chinese cabbage

Sum of flonicamid, TFNA and TFNG

700

Poland

Radishes

Sum of folpet and phtalimide

553

Germany

Stalk celery

Pyrimethanil

480

France

Passion fruit

Omethoate

330

Columbia

Stalk celery

Sum of propamocarb and its salts

290

France

Sweet potatoes

Haloxyfop

270

Germany

Passion fruit

Dimethoate

240

Columbia

Strawberries

Summe Propamocarb und seine Salze

210

No information

Potatoes

Fosthiazate

210

Germany

 

© Data from measurements at AGROLABGROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH (SD, KF)

* Please note, that only from a MRL utilization of 200% and above a product is no longer marketable!

 

2) Critical results with respect to ARfD utilization (November 2020)

 

Product

active substance

utilization ARfD [%]*

Origin

Oranges

Imazalil

371

No information

Oranges

Imazalil

318

No information

Oranges

Thiabendazol

279

No information

Oranges

Thiabendazol

239

No information

Pomelo

Imazalil

204

No information

Oranges

Imazalil

164

No information

Oranges

Thiabendazol

159

No information

Oranges

Imazalil

135

No information

Potato

Fosthiazate

129

Germany

Pomelo

Thiabendazol

126

No information

Oranges

Imazalil

125

No information

Eggplant

Cypermethrin

300

No information

Chinese cabbage

Cypermethrin

203

Poland

Cantaloupe

Cypermethrin

194

Vietnam

Apricot

Cypermethrin

171

No information

Peppers

Indoxacarb

143

Spain

Apples

Sum of captan and THPI

122

Italy

Pomelo

Cypermethrin

113

China

Potato

Fluazifop

109

Germany

Quinces

Cypermethrin

108

Turkey

 

© Data from measurements at AGROLABGROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH (SD, KF)
* With an ARfD value below 100% an acute health risk on a singular intake by a consumer can be excluded.

3) Samples with >5 detected active substances in the sample (November 2020)

 

Product

count active substances

Origin

Strawberries

11

No information

Cherries

11

France

Strawberries

10

No information

Apples

10

Germany

Strawberries 1)

9

No information

Cucumber

9

No information

Apples

9

France

Pears

9

France

Table grapes

9

Greece

Table grapes

9

Italy

Raspberries

8

Serbia

Apples1)

8

Germany

Table grapes

8

Greece

Eggplant

7

No information

Clementines

7

Spain

Apples1)

7

Italy

Apples1)

7

France

Oranges

7

Spain

Apricots

7

Hungary

Chinese cabbage

6

Poland

Lettuce

6

France

Apples1)

6

France

Plums

6

No information

Pears

6

France

Apples1)

6

Italy

Endives

6

France

Pears

6

France

Apples1)

6

Austria

Table grapes

6

Turkey

Peaches

6

Italy

1) several samples

© Data from measurements at AGROLABGROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH

 

Author: Dr. Katja Fuchs (KF), Stefanie Denker (SD)