Chili peppers from Spain
How often official samples of chili peppers grown in Spain break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 19 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 25 samples since 2024, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
19 random samples (0 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: 12 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11 | Lidl | azoxystrobin 0.29 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.047 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-10 | Waitrose | cyantraniliprole 0.04 (MRL = 1.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.1 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-10 | Aldi | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 3); chlorantraniliprole 0.07 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.007 (MRL = 0.1) |
| 2024-10 | Sainsbury's | chlorantraniliprole 0.05 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.01 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-10 | Other shops | acetamiprid 0.06 (MRL = 0.3); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.005 (MRL = 0.1); thiamethoxam 0.02 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2024-10 | Asda | pyrethrins 0.062 (MRL = 1) |
| 2024-10 | Sainsbury's | azoxystrobin 0.065 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-08 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | chlorantraniliprole 0.02 (MRL = 1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-06 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-05 | Asda | fluopyram 0.08 (MRL = 3); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.006 (MRL = 0.1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-05 | Dunnes Stores | azoxystrobin 0.4 (MRL = 3); fluopyram 0.04 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-04 | Asda | fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-04 | Lidl | fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-04 | Asda | boscalid 0.3 (MRL = 3); cyantraniliprole 0.04 (MRL = 1.5); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.03 (MRL = 0.1); metrafenone 0.4 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.06 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2024-03 | Lidl | fluxapyroxad 0.01 (MRL = 0.6) |
| 2024-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-03 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-02 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2024-02 | Waitrose | difenoconazole 0.01 (MRL = 0.9); fluxapyroxad 0.02 (MRL = 0.6); fluopyram 0.07 (MRL = 3); metrafenone 0.05 (MRL = 2); penconazole 0.04 (MRL = 0.2); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2); bupirimate 0.2 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | difenoconazole 0.09 (MRL = 0.9); fluxapyroxad 0.08 (MRL = 0.6); fluopyram 0.02 (MRL = 3) |
| 2024-02 | Lidl | none found |
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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