Origins

Germany: pesticide residues by product

12 products from Germany 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
Broccoli —— 631.6% —
Common mushrooms —— 1010% —
Common wheat grain —— 1000% —
Curly kales —— 1476.8% —
Maize grain —— 1080% —
Parsley —— 932.2% —
Peas (without pods) and similar —— 600% —
Potatoes —— 380% —
Roman rocket —— 781.3% —
Rye grain —— 410% —
Small radishes —— 1570% —
Strawberries —— 510% —

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