Head cabbages from Spain
How often official samples of head cabbages grown in Spain break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
UK supermarkets: 43 samples since 2022, 2 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
No random market samples of this product from this origin in the files on hand.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-11 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-06 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-05 | Waitrose | azoxystrobin 0.02 (MRL = 5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-05 | Asda | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-05 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-05 | Aldi | none found |
| 2025-05 | Marks & Spencer | azoxystrobin 0.08 (MRL = 5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-05 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-04 | Other shops | propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.2 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-04 | Lidl | none found |
| 2025-03 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2025-02 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-01 | Lidl | none found |
| 2025-01 | Tesco | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 2); propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 1); difenoconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.3); azoxystrobin 0.01 (MRL = 5); acetamiprid 0.03 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2025-01 | Dunnes Stores | boscalid 0.038 (MRL = 5); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.04 (MRL = 0.15); metalaxyl (sum) 0.052 (MRL = 0.06); Pirimicarb 0.015 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2022-05 | Asda | propamocarb (sum) 0.05 (MRL = 1); fluopicolide 0.02 (MRL = 0.2) |
| 2022-05 | Waitrose | acetamiprid 0.04 (MRL = 0.4); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.008 (MRL = 0.15); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-05 | Asda | fluopicolide 0.02 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 0.05 (MRL = 1) |
| 2022-05 | Waitrose | acetamiprid 0.04 (MRL = 0.4); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.008 (MRL = 0.15); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.04 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-05 | Morrisons | 2,4-D (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.05*); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-05 | Morrisons | 2,4-D (sum) 0.03 (MRL = 0.05*); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-05 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2022-05 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2022-04 | Asda | chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 2); fluopicolide 0.5 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 3.4 (MRL = 1); sulfoxaflor 0.02 (MRL = 0.4) over UK limit |
| 2022-04 | Morrisons | acetamiprid 0.02 (MRL = 0.4); fluopicolide 0.02 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.08 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Asda | chlorantraniliprole 0.1 (MRL = 2); fluopicolide 0.5 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 3.4 (MRL = 1); sulfoxaflor 0.02 (MRL = 0.4) over UK limit |
| 2022-04 | Morrisons | acetamiprid 0.02 (MRL = 0.4); fluopicolide 0.02 (MRL = 0.2); propamocarb (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 1); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.08 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-04 | Morrisons | tau-fluvalinate 0.05 (MRL = 0.2) |
| 2022-04 | Waitrose | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-04 | Morrisons | tau-fluvalinate 0.05 (MRL = 0.2) |
| 2022-04 | Waitrose | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 2) |
| 2022-02 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2022-02 | Sainsbury's | none found |
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