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

Origins

Spain: pesticide residues by product

37 products from Spain 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
Apricots —— 1140.9% —
Aubergines —— 3770.3% —
Broccoli —— 3130% 130
Cauliflowers —— 380% 17
Celeries —— 352.9% 7
Cherries (sweet) —— 240 of 24 46
Chili peppers —— 190 of 19 25
Clementines —— 660% —
Common banana —— 611.6% —
Common peaches —— 800% —
Common wheat grain —— 470% —
Courgettes —— 1510% 25
Crisp lettuces —— 540% —
Cucumbers —— 1090% —
Cultivated fungi and similar —— 591.7% —
Flat peaches —— 420% —
French beans (with pods) —— 60 of 6 16
Granate apples —— 480% 1
Grapefruits —— 2670.4% 32
Head cabbages —— —— 43
Lemons —— 480% 25
Mandarins —— 860% 52
Mandarins and similar —— 610% —
Mangoes —— 333.0% 15
Melons —— 2280.4% —
Nectarines —— 570% —
Oranges —— 1990% 140
Oranges, sweet —— 963.1% —
Plums —— 390% 35
Rice grain —— 60 of 6 39
Spinaches —— 365.6% 88
Strawberries —— 580% 71
Sweet peppers —— 4530% 93
Sweet potatoes —— 313.2% —
Table grapes —— 1011.0% 400
Tomatoes —— 810% 49
Watermelons —— 640% —

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