Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 08 February 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 (January 2021)

Product	active substance	utilisation MRL[%]*		Origin
Pears	Chlorpropham		5500	France
Pears	Chlorpropham		4600	France
Peaches	Chlorate		340	Greece
Apples	Prosulfocarb		280	France
Oranges	Chlorpyriphos-methyl		240	Spain
Turnips	Chlorpyriphos		220	France

* 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 utilization (January 2021)

Product	active substance	utilization ARfD [%]*	Origin
Pomegranate	Cypermethrin	225	Turkey
Oranges	Imazalil	191	no information
Chili pepper	Cypermethrin	171	no information
Eggplant	Cypermethrin	156	no information
Apples	Captan (Sum of captan and THPI)	112	France
Oranges	Imazalil	106	no information
Eggplant	Cypermethrin	100	no information

© Data from measurements at AGROLAB^GROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH (SD, KF)
* 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 (January 2021)

Product	count active substances	Origin
Pears	11	Italy
Strawberries	8	no information
Red currants	8	Poland
Strawberries	8	no information
Apples¹⁾	7	Italy
Spring onions	7	Egypt
Apples	7	Germany
Lettuce	7	Netherlands
Rocket salad	7	Italy
Strawberries	6	Morocco
Raspberries	6	Mexico
Apples¹⁾	6	Italy
Apples¹⁾	6	France
Raspberries	6	Serbia
Oranges	6	no information
Roman salad	6	France
Carrots	6	France
Pears	6	Belgium
Lemons	6	no information
Chili peppers	6	no information
Oranges	6	no information

¹⁾ several samples

Author: Dr. Katja Fuchs, Stefanie Denker

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