Chili peppers from India

How often official samples of chili peppers grown in India break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.

In 2024, 1 of 40 EU border checks (2.5%) found a pesticide above the legal limit, while the pair was under increased EU checks (20% → 30% of consignments). The year before (2023) it was 12% of 58 checks. The substance found above the limit most often was ethion (5 samples). UK supermarkets: 23 samples since 2022, 0 above the UK limit.

2.5%

EU border checks over the limit, 2024

40 checks

20% → 30%

Border check frequency, 2024

Reg. 2019/1793, Annex I/II

UK supermarket samples

0 over the UK limit

EU border checks by year

Year	Checks	Over the limit	Within uncertainty	Check frequency in force
2020	20	5 of 20	6	10% (Annex II)
2021	7	2 of 7	1	10% (Annex I) → 20% (Annex I)
2022	12	2 of 12	1	20% (Annex I)
2023	58	12%	2	20% (Annex II)
2024	40	2.5%	5	20% (Annex I) → 30% (Annex II)

Checks: consignments sampled at EU border posts under the increased-control regime of Reg. (EU) 2019/1793 and reported to EFSA by the member state that checked them. A percentage is shown only for years with at least 30 checks; below that, the count. "Within uncertainty": above the limit but compliant once the lab's measurement uncertainty is allowed for, not counted as over.

Substances found above the limit

Substance	Where found	Samples	Median found (mg/kg)	Limit applied (mg/kg)
Ethion	border checks	5	0.54	0.01
Ethylene oxide	border checks	3	0.41	0.02
Propoxur	border checks	3	0.016	0.005
Carbofuran	border checks	2	0.012	0.002
Chlorpyrifos	border checks	2	0.025	0.01
Thiophanate-methyl	border checks	2	0.275	0.1
Acephate	border checks	1	0.27	0.01
Acetamiprid	border checks	1	0.63

The limit applied is the one the lab reported at the time of sampling. Limits change; check the current value in the EU Pesticides Database.

Random market samples

No random market samples of this product from this origin in the files on hand.

Also on file, never turned into a rate because inspectors chose them: 10 risk-based and 10 follow-up samples.

UK supermarket samples

Month	Retailer	Brand	Residues found (mg/kg)
2024-10	Tesco	Tesco	fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 3); imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1); spinosad (sum) 0.05 (MRL = 2); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2); tebuconazole 0.2 (MRL = 0.6)
2024-10	Morrisons	Morrisons The Greengrocer's	myclobutanil 0.07 (MRL = 0.5)
2024-09	B&M	—	imidacloprid 0.01 (MRL = 1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2); tebuconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.6)
2024-07	Asda	Asda	chlorantraniliprole 0.02 (MRL = 1)
2024-04	Morrisons	Morrison's Greengrocer's	azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 3); difenoconazole 0.04 (MRL = 0.9); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.1 (MRL = 2); tebuconazole 0.02 (MRL = 0.6)
2024-01	Asda	Asda	fluxapyroxad 0.08 (MRL = 0.6); pyraclostrobin 0.04 (MRL = 0.5)
2024-01	Tesco	Tesco	difenoconazole 0.09 (MRL = 0.9); metalaxyl (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.5); trifloxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 0.4)
2022-11	Asda	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.2 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.05 (MRL = 5); chlorantraniliprole 0.06 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.1 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.08 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.06 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.2 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.03 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.06 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.06 (MRL = 30); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6); thiacloprid 0.04 (MRL = 10)
2022-11	Asda	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.2 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.05 (MRL = 5); chlorantraniliprole 0.06 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.1 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.08 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.06 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.2 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.03 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.06 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.06 (MRL = 30); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6); thiacloprid 0.04 (MRL = 10)
2022-11	Morrisons	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.05 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); flonicamid (sum) 1.3 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.5 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.07 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.07 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.8 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Morrisons	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.05 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); flonicamid (sum) 1.3 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.5 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.07 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.07 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.8 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Morrisons	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.06 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); flonicamid (sum) 0.8 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.07 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.09 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); tebuconazole 0.3 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Tesco	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.07 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); flonicamid (sum) 1 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.1 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.05 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Asda	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.2 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.05 (MRL = 5); carbendazim (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 1); chlorantraniliprole 0.06 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.1 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.06 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.2 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.03 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.09 (MRL = 10); lufenuron 0.09 (MRL = 8); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 30); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6); thiacloprid 0.04 (MRL = 10)
2022-11	Morrisons	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.06 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); flonicamid (sum) 0.8 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.07 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.09 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); tebuconazole 0.3 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Tesco	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.07 (MRL = 30); chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); flonicamid (sum) 1 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.1 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 10); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.05 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6)
2022-11	Asda	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.2 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.05 (MRL = 5); carbendazim (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 1); chlorantraniliprole 0.06 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.1 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.06 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.2 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.03 (MRL = 30); imidacloprid 0.09 (MRL = 10); lufenuron 0.09 (MRL = 8); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 30); tebuconazole 0.4 (MRL = 6); thiacloprid 0.04 (MRL = 10)
2022-10	Asda	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.06 (MRL = 30); carbendazim (sum) 0.08 (MRL = 1); chlorantraniliprole 0.07 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); Novaluron 0.06 (MRL = 6); tebuconazole 0.1 (MRL = 6)
2022-10	Asda	Schwartz	azoxystrobin 0.06 (MRL = 30); carbendazim (sum) 0.08 (MRL = 1); chlorantraniliprole 0.07 (MRL = 10); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.1*); Novaluron 0.06 (MRL = 6); tebuconazole 0.1 (MRL = 6)
2022-10	Tesco	Schwartz	chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); flonicamid (sum) 1.3 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 30); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.07 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.8 (MRL = 6)
2022-10	Sainsbury's	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.3 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.1 (MRL = 5); carbendazim (sum) 0.06 (MRL = 1); chlorpyrifos 0.04 (MRL = 0.1); chlorantraniliprole 0.07 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.08 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.1 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.1 (MRL = 30); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.4 (MRL = 30); Prochloraz (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 0.3); tebuconazole 0.7 (MRL = 6)
2022-10	Tesco	Schwartz	chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 10); flonicamid (sum) 1.3 (MRL = 3); fluxapyroxad 0.1 (MRL = 6); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 30); Novaluron 0.2 (MRL = 6); pyraclostrobin 0.07 (MRL = 5); tebuconazole 0.8 (MRL = 6)
2022-10	Sainsbury's	TRS	azoxystrobin 0.3 (MRL = 30); bifenthrin 0.1 (MRL = 5); carbendazim (sum) 0.06 (MRL = 1); chlorpyrifos 0.04 (MRL = 0.1); chlorantraniliprole 0.07 (MRL = 10); difenoconazole 0.08 (MRL = 9); Ethylene oxide (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.1*); flubendiamide 0.1 (MRL = 2); flonicamid (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.1 (MRL = 30); Novaluron 0.3 (MRL = 6); propamocarb (sum) 0.4 (MRL = 30); Prochloraz (sum) 0.07 (MRL = 0.3); tebuconazole 0.7 (MRL = 6)

Defra's Pesticide Residues in Food programme. UK limits mirror the EU's as retained in 2021 and may since differ.

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