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Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in laboratory AGROLAB LUFA (Kiel, Germany).
1) Critical results with respect to
ARfD utilisation >100% (February 2025)
| Product | Active | Utilisation ARfD [%]* |
Origin |
| Apples | Acetamiprid | 198 - 108 | Italy (5) |
| Pirimicarb | 151 | Italy | |
| Lollo salad | Acetamiprid | 267 | unknown |
| Pears | Acetamiprid | 224 | Italy |
| Radicchio | Lambda- Cyhalothrine | 185 | unknown |
| Pyraclostrobin | 134 |
The ARfD for Acetamiprid was reduced recently. (See AGROLAB RADAR November)
© Data from measurements of AGROLAB LUFA GmbH
* Please note, that only from a MRL utilization of 100% and above a product is no longer marketable!
2) Critical results with respect to
max. residue level (MRL) utilization ≥200% (February 2025)
| Product | Active | Utilisation MRL [%]* |
Origin |
| Blackberries | Emamectin | 500 | Mexico |
| Clomazon | 200 | Germany | |
| Kohlrabi | Imidacloprid | 2.600 (!) | unknown |
| Radicchio | lambda-Cyhalothrin | 329 | unknown |
| Pyraclostrobin | 250 | unknown |
© Data from measurements of AGROLAB LUFA GmbH
* Please note, that only from a ARfD utilization of 200% and above a product is no longer marketable!
3) Samples with >5 detected active substances
per sample (February 2025)
| Product | Count active substances | Origin |
| Apples |
9 | France |
| 8 | France (1), Italy (1), Spain (1) | |
| 7 | France | |
| 6 | France (4), Italy (4) | |
| 5 | France (7), Germany (1), Italy (7), Spain (1) | |
| Bananas | 5 | unknown |
| Black currant | 7 | Poland |
| Blackberries | 7 | Germany |
| Blueberries | 5 | Chile |
| Cherries, sour | 7 | Hungary |
| Cherries, sweet | 9 | Chile |
| 5 | Chile | |
| Cucumbers | 5 | Spain |
| Iceberg lettuce | 6 | Unknown |
| Lettuce, (under glass 1.10.-31.3.) | 6 | Germany |
| Lollo lettuce | 8 | unknown |
| Oak leaf lettuce | 6 | France |
| 5 | France | |
| Pears | 5 | Netherlands |
| Radicchio | 7 | Unknown |
| Raspberries | 8 | Serbia |
| Roman lettuce | 7 | France |
| Spring onions | 6 | Egypt |
| Strawberries | 8 | Poland |
| 7 | Poland | |
| 6 | Poland | |
| Table grapes | 5 | Peru (1), South Africa (1) |
| Tomatoes | 5 | Italy |
Author: Stefanie Denker, AGROLAB LUFA, customer service
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