Fruit and vegetables: Current residue report from AGROLAB laboratories

: Published: 03 December 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 (November 2021)

Product	active substance	utilisation MRL[%]*	Origin
Table grapes	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	2500	Italy
Dates	Chlorpyriphos	1930	unknown
Dates	Fenbutatin oxide	1840	unknown
Table grapes	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	950	Greece
Peas without pods (fresh)	Chlorthalonil	790	Kenya
Dates	Azoxystrobin	700	unknown
Apples	Prosulfocarb ⁺⁺⁾	640	Germany
Dates	Tebufenozid	560	unknown
Peas without pods (fresh)	Acephate	460	unknown
Potatoes	Chlormequatchlorid	450	Germany
Peas without pods (fresh)	Chlorthalonil	390	Peru
Navets	Chlorpyriphos	360	France
Apples	Prosulfocarb ⁺⁺⁾	350	Germany
Navets	Chlorfenvinphos	330	France
Clementines	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	330	Spain
Peas without pods (fresh)	Acephate	300	unknown
Black berries	Dithiocarbamate	260	Serbia
Navets	Chlorpyriphos	250	unknown
Table grapes	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	240	Peru
Table grapes	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	220	Peru
Apples	Prosulfocarb	210	Germany
Apples	Chlorpyriphos	200	Italy
Apples	Prosulfocarb	200	Germany
Pomegranate	Spirotetramat-enol-glucoside ⁺⁾	200	Turkey

* Please note, that only from a MRL utilization of 200% and above a product is no longer marketable!
⁺⁾not regulated metabolite
⁺⁺⁾ no direct application in this crop, but cross-contamination by drift from neighboring plot.

2) Critical results with respect to ARfD utilization (November 2021)

Product	active substance	utilization ARfD [%]*	Origin
Apples	Sum of Captan and THPI	201	Italy
Schnittlauch	Thiacloprid	199	Kenya
Apples	Sum of Captan and THPI	122	Italy

© Data from measurements at 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 (November 2021)

Product	count active substances	Origin
Apples	11	Italy
Chive	10	Kenya
Apples	9	France
Apples	8	Germany
Apples	8	France
Dates	7	unknown
Pears	7	France
Apples	7	Germany
Apples	7	Italy
Sour cherries	7	Hungary
Apples	7	France
Black currant	7	Poland
Apples	6	Germany
Oranges	6	South Africa
Apples	6	France
Celery	6	France
Apples	6	Italy
Clementines	6	Morocco
Limes	6	Mexico
Lemons	6	Turkey
Table grapes	6	Peru

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger, Stefanie Denker

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