EFSA sample data 2020–2024 from 6 reporting countries; UK samples to 2026-07-21.

Origins

Italy: pesticide residues by product

37 products from Italy 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 —— 1790.6% 45
Apples and similar —— 660% —
Apricots —— 910% —
Apricots and similar —— 350% —
Aubergines —— 710% —
Broccoli —— 631.6% —
Carrots —— 910% 8
Common peaches —— 342.9% —
Common wheat grain —— 570% —
Courgettes —— 990% —
Cultivated fungi and similar —— 313.2% —
Durum wheat grain —— 820% —
Florence fennels —— 1210.8% —
French beans (with pods) —— 100 of 10 22
Honey —— 320% —
Kiwi fruits (green, red, yellow) —— 990% 51
Mandarins and similar —— 380% —
Melons —— 580% —
Onions —— 690% —
Oranges —— 770% 5
Peaches and similar —— 1111.8% —
Pears —— 910% 2
Peppers and similar —— 380% —
Plums —— 385.3% 6
Plums and similar —— 310% —
Potatoes —— 1130% 5
Prickly pears —— 444.5% —
Rice and similar —— 520% —
Rice grain —— 1460% 34
Roman rocket —— 1210% —
Spinaches —— 291 of 29 53
Strawberries —— 460% —
Sweet peppers —— 340% —
Table grapes —— 2320.4% 146
Tomatoes —— 333.0% 37
Tomatoes and similar —— 512.0% —
Wheat and similar —— 871.1% —

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