Grapefruits from Israel
How often official samples of grapefruits grown in Israel break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
Across 35 random market samples taken by 4 EU countries, 0% were above the limit (95% interval 0%–9.9%). UK supermarkets: 49 samples since 2021, 0 above the UK limit.
0%
Random market samples over the limit
35 samples, 2020–2024
49
UK supermarket samples
0 over the UK limit
Random market samples
0 of 35 random samples were above the limit: 0% (95% interval 0%–9.9%). Samples taken by BE, DE, FR, NL in 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, pooled.
Also on file, never turned into a rate because inspectors chose them: 11 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11 | Other shops | imazalil 0.3 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.03 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 0.8 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-10 | Marks & Spencer | glufosinate (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.05); imazalil 0.73 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.017 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.048 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 0.57 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-08 | Marks & Spencer | dithiocarbamates 0.3 (MRL = 5); imazalil 0.6 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.03 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 0.3 (MRL = 7); trifloxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2024-08 | Marks & Spencer | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 15); dithiocarbamates 0.06 (MRL = 5); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2.5 (MRL = 75); imazalil 0.2 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.03 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 0.2 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-07 | Tesco | 2,4-D (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 1); azoxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 15); imazalil 1.2 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-06 | Sainsbury's | imazalil 1.8 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.03 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.04 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 0.5 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-06 | Marks & Spencer | dithiocarbamates 0.09 (MRL = 5); methoxyfenozide 0.02 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.06 (MRL = 2); pyrimethanil 0.01 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 3.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-05 | Marks & Spencer | imidacloprid 0.05 (MRL = 1); imazalil 1.7 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-05 | Morrisons | imazalil 1.8 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-05 | Asda | imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.4 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.2 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-05 | Morrisons | imidacloprid 0.05 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.7 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-05 | Tesco | imidacloprid 0.08 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.6 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 0.9 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-04 | Marks & Spencer | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 0.8 (MRL = 75); imidacloprid 0.07 (MRL = 0.9); imazalil 1.6 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 4.6 (MRL = 75); imazalil 3.1 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-04 | Other shops | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2 (MRL = 75); imazalil 2.8 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.03 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 3.1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-04 | Morrisons | acetamiprid 0.01 (MRL = 0.9); imazalil 1.1 (MRL = 4); pyridaben 0.02 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2024-04 | Tesco | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.2 (MRL = 75); imazalil 2.3 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-04 | Co-op | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 3.5 (MRL = 75); imazalil 2.8 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.8 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-03 | Asda | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.4 (MRL = 75); imazalil 2 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-03 | Asda | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2.9 (MRL = 75); imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.7 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-03 | Sainsbury's | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 0.8 (MRL = 75); imidacloprid 0.02 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.2 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.7 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-03 | Tesco | imazalil 2.3 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.01 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 1.1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-03 | Asda | acetamiprid 0.01 (MRL = 0.9); etofenprox 0.03 (MRL = 1.5); fludioxonil 0.4 (MRL = 10); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 0.8 (MRL = 75); imazalil 0.4 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.02 (MRL = 0.6) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.2 (MRL = 75); imazalil 1.7 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.05 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 1.1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | imazalil 2.1 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.02 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 0.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.1 (MRL = 75); imazalil 3 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-02 | Sainsbury's | imazalil 2 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 0.7 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | imazalil 2.2 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.01 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 1.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-02 | Marks & Spencer | imazalil 1.9 (MRL = 4); pyriproxifen 0.01 (MRL = 0.6); thiabendazole 0.7 (MRL = 7) |
| 2024-01 | Tesco | imidacloprid 0.02 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.7 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.1 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-11 | Asda | 2-phenylphenol 0.5 (MRL = 10); fludioxonil 0.09 (MRL = 10); imidacloprid 0.06 (MRL = 1); imazalil 0.7 (MRL = 4); thiabendazole 1.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-11 | Sainsbury's | imidacloprid 0.02 (MRL = 1); imazalil 2.4 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.04 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 0.9 (MRL = 7); trifloxystrobin 0.02 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2021-10 | Marks & Spencer | imazalil 1.8 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.02 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.03 (MRL = 2); thiabendazole 2.3 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-10 | Sainsbury's | imidacloprid 0.01 (MRL = 1); imazalil 1.6 (MRL = 4); methoxyfenozide 0.08 (MRL = 2); tau-fluvalinate 0.02 (MRL = 0.4); thiabendazole 0.7 (MRL = 7); trifloxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2021-09 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 15); imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1); imazalil 1.1 (MRL = 4); pyrimethanil 1.4 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-09 | Tesco | methoxyfenozide 0.1 (MRL = 2); pyraclostrobin 0.02 (MRL = 2); pyrimethanil 0.7 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.7 (MRL = 7); azoxystrobin 0.05 (MRL = 15); glyphosate 0.08 (MRL = 0.1*); Glyphosate sum 0.08 (MRL = 0.1*); imidacloprid 0.01 (MRL = 1); imazalil 0.9 (MRL = 4) |
| 2021-09 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 15); imidacloprid 0.06 (MRL = 1); imazalil 0.7 (MRL = 4); pyrimethanil 1.8 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.9 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-09 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 15); imidacloprid 0.04 (MRL = 1); imazalil 0.4 (MRL = 4); pyrimethanil 1.6 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.4 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-08 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.1 (MRL = 15); imidacloprid 0.05 (MRL = 1); imazalil 0.6 (MRL = 4); pyrimethanil 1.1 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.6 (MRL = 7) |
| 2021-08 | Tesco | 2,4-D (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1); azoxystrobin 0.05 (MRL = 15); imazalil 0.7 (MRL = 4); pyrimethanil 0.6 (MRL = 8); thiabendazole 0.3 (MRL = 7) |
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