Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 08 August 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 (July 2021)

Product	active substance	utilisation MRL[%]*	Origin
Potatoes	Pencycuron (Summe aus Pencycuron und Pencycuron-PB-amin, ausgedrückt als Pencycuron)	9000	Not specified
Cherries, sour	Iprodion	2700	Not specified
Raspberries	Tau-Fluvalinat	1400	France
Raspberries	Acequinocyl	1000	Germany
Physalis	Acephat	700	Colombia
Potatoes	Imazalil	670	Not specified
Lettuce (open field)	Chlorfenapyr	660	Germany
Runner beans	Summe Folpet und Phthalimid	277	Not specified
Dill leaves	1,4-Dimethylnaphthalen	270	Austria
Onions	Haloxyfop (freie Säure)	260	New Zealand
Apples	2-Phenylphenol	240	South Africa

* 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 (JuLY 2021)

Product	active substance	utilization ARfD [%]*	Origin
No findings > 100% ARfD utilisation

© 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 (JuLY 2021)

Product	count active substances	Origin
Apples	10	Brazil
Sour cherries	10	not specified
Apples	9	Chile
Raspberries	9	Germany
Apricots	8	France
Strawberries (2)	8	Germany
Peaches	8	France
Basil	7	Germany
Strawberries	7	Poland
Raspberries	7	Germany
Red currant	7	Germany
Sweet cherries (3)	7	France
Apples	6	New Zealand
Apples	6	Argentina
Apricots (2)	6	France
Strawberries (2)	6	Germany & not specified
Peaches (2)	6	France
Red currant	6	Germany
Sweet cherries	6	Hungary
Table grapes	6	Italy
Nectarines (2)	6	France

© Data from measurements at AGROLAB GROUP laboratory AGROLAB LUFA GmbH

¹⁾ several samples

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger

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