Broccoli from Spain
How often official samples of broccoli grown in Spain break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
Across 313 random market samples taken by 6 EU countries, 0% were above the limit (95% interval 0%–1.2%). UK supermarkets: 130 samples since 2021, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
0 of 313 random samples were above the limit: 0% (95% interval 0%–1.2%). Samples taken by BE, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, pooled.
Also on file, never turned into a rate because inspectors chose them: 111 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11 | Asda | none found |
| 2024-11 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2024-11 | Sainsbury's | fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-11 | Other shops | clopyralid 0.02 (MRL = 1.5); chlorantraniliprole 0.02 (MRL = 1); difenoconazole 0.2 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-11 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 5); boscalid 0.01 (MRL = 5); difenoconazole 0.02 (MRL = 1); fluopicolide 0.01 (MRL = 2); metalaxyl (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-10 | Tesco | spinosad (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-10 | Lidl | spinosad (sum) 0.013 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-08 | Lidl | acetamiprid 0.05 (MRL = 0.4); chlorantraniliprole 0.05 (MRL = 1.5); propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-08 | Asda | chlorate 0.3 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-08 | Sainsbury's | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-08 | Sainsbury's | azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 5); chlorate 0.08 (MRL = 0.4); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | propamocarb (sum) 0.05 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Tesco | acetamiprid 0.02 (MRL = 0.4); clopyralid 0.02 (MRL = 1.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Asda | none found |
| 2024-06 | Asda | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Co-op | acetamiprid 0.05 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-06 | Waitrose | azoxystrobin 0.02 (MRL = 5); propamocarb (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-06 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-06 | Sainsbury's | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-05 | Asda | none found |
| 2024-05 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2024-05 | SuperValu | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-05 | Asda | none found |
| 2024-05 | Lidl | chlorate 0.02 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-05 | Sainsbury's | chlorate 0.4 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-05 | Sainsbury's | chlorate 0.2 (MRL = 0.4); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.09 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-05 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2024-04 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | difenoconazole 0.01 (MRL = 1); fluopicolide 0.02 (MRL = 2); propamocarb (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-04 | Waitrose | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 1) |
Defra's Pesticide Residues in Food programme. UK limits mirror the EU's as retained in 2021 and may since differ. Showing the latest 40 of 130.
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