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Head cabbages from United Kingdom
How often official samples of head cabbages grown in United Kingdom break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
UK supermarkets: 277 samples since 2022, 1 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 | Asda | none found |
| 2025-11 | Asda | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Lidl | triallate 0.01 (MRL = 0.1*); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.4 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Tesco | clopyralid 0.02 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.2 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Lidl | none found |
| 2025-11 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-11 | Aldi | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-11 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-11 | Lidl | flonicamid (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2025-11 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-11 | Lidl | flonicamid (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.1 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Marks & Spencer | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.1 (MRL = 2); triallate 0.01 (MRL = 0.1*) |
| 2025-11 | Lidl | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.07 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Marks & Spencer | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.05 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-11 | Tesco | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.05 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-10 | Asda | none found |
| 2025-10 | Marks & Spencer | boscalid 0.031 (MRL = 5) |
| 2025-10 | Other shops | flonicamid (sum) 0.2 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.09 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Tesco | flonicamid (sum) 0.3 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-10 | Aldi | clopyralid 0.07 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Asda | boscalid 0.4 (MRL = 5); flonicamid (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.5); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.03 (MRL = 0.15); pyraclostrobin 0.04 (MRL = 0.4); prothioconazole 0.09 (MRL = 0.09); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.05 (MRL = 2); tebuconazole 0.02 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2025-10 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-10 | Other shops | flonicamid (sum) 0.06 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.07 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Other shops | flonicamid (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2025-10 | Morrisons | clopyralid 0.06 (MRL = 3); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.07 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-10 | Sainsbury's | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.6 (MRL = 10) |
| 2025-10 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-10 | Lidl | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-09 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-09 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-09 | Asda | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.07 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-09 | Lidl | Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-09 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-09 | Tesco | flonicamid (sum) 0.05 (MRL = 0.5); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.06 (MRL = 2) |
| 2025-09 | Waitrose | none found |
| 2025-08 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2025-08 | Tesco | none found |
Defra's Pesticide Residues in Food programme. UK limits mirror the EU's as retained in 2021 and may since differ. Showing the latest 40 of 277.
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