Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 12 April 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 (March 2021)

Product	active substance	utilisation MRL[%]*		Origin
Fresh herbs	Spinosad		2800	France
Apricots	Iprodione		1200	no information
Potatoes	Imazalil		490	Germany
Carrots	Thiabendazole		370	no information
Apples	Prosulfocarb		350	Germany
Strawberries	Chlorpyriphos		310	Poland
Peaches	Matrine		280	no information
Avocados	Bifenthrin		230	no information
Parsley	Linuron		225	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 (March 2021)

Product	active substance	utilization ARfD [%]*	Origin
Avocados	Prochloraz	105	Colombia

© Data from measurements at AGROLAB^GROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH
* 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 (March 2021)

Product	count active substances	Origin
Strawberries	8	no information
Apricots	8	Hungary
Strawberries	8	no information
Peaches	8	no information
Apples	7	France
Pears	7	Italy
Raspberries	7	no information
Carrots	7	France
Red currants	7	Poland
Onions	7	France
Table grapes	7	no information
Chili peppers	7	no information
Apples¹⁾	6	Germany
Strawberries	6	Spain
Strawberries¹⁾	6	no information
Strawberries	6	Poland
Lamb's lettuce	6	Belgium
Cucumbers	6	Spain
Table grapes	6	no information

¹⁾ several samples

Author: Dr. Katja Fuchs, Stefanie Denker

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