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Fruit & vegetables: Actual residue report from AGROLAB LUFA

Fruit & vegetables: Actual residue report from AGROLAB LUFA -Analysis logo

Here we present a retrospective monthly summary of remarkable results from the residue analysis in fruit & vegetable performed in laboratory AGROLAB LUFA (Kiel, Germany).

 

April 2025

1) Critical results with respect to
ARfD utilisation >100%

 

Product: Utilisation  ARfD value [%] Origin:
Apples 207 Italy
Lettuce 114 Italy
Melons 201 Italy

 

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%

Product Active Utilisation MRL [%] Origin
Melons  Metaldehyd 240 Italy
Parsley  Dodin 600 Italy
 Sum Captan/THPI  332 Italy
Table grapes  Famoxadon 240 India
Tomatoes  Chlorfenapyr  530 Morocco

© 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

Product Count active substances Origin
Apples

 9 France (1), Italy (1)
7 France
6 Italy
5 France (2)
Apricots 8 Hungary
6 Serbia
5 Hungary
Basil 7 Germany
Blueberries 8 Poland
6 Morocco
Cherries, sweet 6 Chile
Clementines 7 Spain
Lemons 5 Spain
Lettuce 5 Germany (2)
Melons 10 (!) Italy
Oakleaf lettuce 5 Germany
Pears 8 Portugal
Plums 6 Chile
Raspberries 7 Serbia
6 Serbia
Rocket salad (under glas 1.10.-31.3.) 5 Italy
Rosemary 5 Germany
Strawberries 9 Germany (1), Unknown (1)
8 Poland
7 France (1), Poland (1)
6 Greece
5 Germany (3), Greece (1), Poland (1)
Table grapes 11 (!) India
5 India
© Data from measurements at AGROLAB LUFA GmbH

 

Author: Stefanie Denker, AGROLAB LUFA, customer service