Fruit & vegetables: Actual residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 01 March 2023

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 ≥200% (FEBRUARy 2023)

Product	Active substance	Utilisation MRL [%]*	Origin
Lemons	Fenbutatin oxide	1600 (!)	Turkey
Lemons	Chlorpyrifos-methyl	900	Turkey
Mandarines	2,4 D (free acid)	400	Israel

* 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 utilisation >100% (February 2023)

Product

Active substance

Utilisation

ARfD [%]*

Origin

This time no results exceeding the ARfD values (>100%)

* 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 (February 2023)

Product	Count active substances	Origin
Apples	8	Italy
Apples	6	France
Brussel sprouts	7	unknown (2)
Brussel sprouts	6	unknown (5)
Cucumbers	9	Spain
Cucumbers	7	Spain
Endive salad	6	Germany
Grapefruit	6	Turkey
Lemons	7	Turkey
Mandarines	6	Spain
Red currant	14 (!)	Netherlands
Sour cherries	7	Hungary
Strawberries	8	Poland

Author: Stefanie Denker (AGROLAB LUFA)

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