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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).
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 |
© 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 |
Author: Stefanie Denker, AGROLAB LUFA, customer service
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