Origins

France: pesticide residues by product

66 products from France with enough official samples to report. Border checks are per year; random samples are pooled with an interval.

ProductBorder checks 2024Over the limitRandom samplesOver the limitUK samples
Apples —— 3031.0% 59
Apricots —— 1050% —
Aubergines —— 1570% —
Barley and similar —— 336.1% —
Barley grains —— 721.4% —
Beetroots —— 1390% —
Borlotti or other common beans (dry) —— 482.1% —
Broccoli —— 673.0% —
Brussels sprouts —— 830% —
Butternut squashes —— 500% —
Carrots —— 2680.7% 3
Cauliflowers —— 1030% 7
Celeriacs —— 905.6% —
Celeries —— 577.0% —
Cherries (sweet) —— 1243.2% —
Cherry tomatoes —— 450% —
Chickpeas (dry) —— 470% —
Clementines —— 320% —
Common banana —— 490% —
Common mushrooms —— 1380.7% —
Common peaches —— 680% —
Common wheat grain —— 2152.8% —
Courgettes —— 2530.8% —
Cucumbers —— 2662.3% —
Figs —— 4316% —
Florence fennels —— 432.3% —
French beans (with pods) —— 921.1% 2
Globe artichokes —— 452.2% —
Globe tomato —— 1251.6% —
Hazelnuts —— 372.7% —
Honey —— 610% —
Honey, monofloral —— 980% —
Honey, polyfloral —— 550% —
Jerusalem artichokes —— 810% —
Kiwi fruits (green, red, yellow) —— 750% —
Lamb's lettuces —— 420% —
Leeks —— 720% —
Lentils (dry) —— 1420% —
Lettuces (generic) —— 1510.7% —
Maize grain —— 1120% —
Melons —— 1820.5% —
Nectarines —— 490% —
Oat grain —— 360% —
Onions —— 2440% —
Parsley —— 567.1% —
Parsnip roots —— 1120.9% —
Pears —— 1310.8% —
Peas (dry) and similar —— 390% —
Plums —— 730% 2
Popcorn kernels —— 303.3% —
Potatoes —— 5740.7% 14
Pumpkins —— 751.3% —
Radishes —— 930% —
Rice grain, brown —— 350% —
Shallots —— 1400% —
Spinaches —— 941.1% —
Strawberries —— 1620.6% 1
Sweet peppers —— 952.1% —
Sweet potatoes —— 410% —
Table grapes —— 1210% —
Tomatoes —— 520% 1
Turnips —— 1420% —
Walnuts —— 860% —
Wheat and similar —— 890% —
Winter squashes —— 440% —
Witloofs —— 1780% —

Rates are never combined across products: a country's products are checked at very different frequencies.