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South Africa: pesticide residues by product

10 products from South Africa 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 —— 110 of 11 54
Grapefruits —— 1334.5% 152
Lemons —— 210 of 21 16
Mandarins —— 590% 124
Oranges —— 1210% 131
Oranges, sweet —— 405.0% —
Pears —— 261 of 26 16
Plums —— 323.1% 22
Pomelos —— 380% —
Table grapes —— 1480.7% 484

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

Exporter residue report: South Africa

Every product from South Africa ranked by EU border-check and market findings, the substances behind them, and the check frequencies coming into force. Sign up and we email you once when it is ready.

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