Fruit and vegetables: Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 11 October 2021

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 (Sept. 2021)

Product	active substance	utilisation MRL[%]*	Origin
Lemons	2,4-D (free acid)	1100	South Africa
Lettuce ( Lollo)	Pirimicarb-desmethyl**	570	Germany
Pineapples	Piperonylbutoxide	5000	unknown
Pomegranate	Acetamiprid	370	unknown
Rosmary	Isopyrazam	320	Germany
Sour cherries	Iprodion	290	unknown
Sour cherries	2-Phenylphenol	190	unknown
Strawberries	Chlorpyriphos	260	Serbia

* Please note, that only from a MRL utilization of 200% and above a product is no longer marketable!
**not regulated metabolite

2) Critical results with respect to ARfD utilisation (Sept. 2021)

Product	active substance	utilization ARfD [%]*	Origin
Apples	Sum of Captan and THPI	223	Germany
		191
		183
		182
		165
		160
		151
		150
		142
		139
		136
		124
		121
		116
		113
		110
		107
		102
Pineapple	Ethephon	364	unknown
Pomegranate	Thiabendazole	140	Argentina

© Data from measurements at AGROLAB^GROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH
* 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 (Sept. 2021)

Product	count active substances	Origin
Savoy cabbage	7	Germany
Savoy cabbage	6	unknown

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger, Annika Luderer

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