Chili peppers from Morocco
How often official samples of chili peppers grown in Morocco break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 16 random market samples, too few for a market rate. The substance found above the limit most often was chlorpyrifos (1 sample). UK supermarkets: 27 samples since 2024, 0 above the UK limit.
Substances found above the limit
| Substance | Where found | Samples |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorpyrifos | random samples | 1 |
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
16 random samples (1 over the limit). That is too few for a market rate: one is shown from 30.
Also on file, never turned into a rate because inspectors chose them: 10 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-11 | Asda | trifloxystrobin 0.013 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2024-11 | Other shops | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-09 | Other shops | imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Lidl | azoxystrobin 0.07 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-05 | Aldi | azoxystrobin 0.05 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-05 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.02 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-05 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-05 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2024-05 | Tesco | cyantraniliprole 0.02 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-05 | Tesco | cyantraniliprole 0.03 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.07 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.02 (MRL = 3); imidacloprid 0.7 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-04 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-03 | Asda | azoxystrobin 0.08 (MRL = 3); difenoconazole 0.08 (MRL = 0.9) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.1 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | boscalid 0.05 (MRL = 3); pyraclostrobin 0.01 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-01 | Asda | cyantraniliprole 0.04 (MRL = 1.5); fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 1.2 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-01 | Marks & Spencer | azoxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 3); boscalid 0.05 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | azoxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 3); boscalid 0.09 (MRL = 3); pyraclostrobin 0.02 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.05 (MRL = 2); trifloxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 0.4) |
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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