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Kiwi fruits (green, red, yellow) from Greece

How often official samples of kiwi fruits (green, red, yellow) grown in Greece break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.

Across 38 random market samples taken by 5 EU countries, 2.6% were above the limit (95% interval 0.5%–13%). The substance found above the limit most often was azoxystrobin (1 sample). UK supermarkets: 35 samples since 2023, 0 above the UK limit.

2.6%
Random market samples over the limit
38 samples, 2021–2024
35
UK supermarket samples
0 over the UK limit

Substances found above the limit

SubstanceWhere foundSamplesMedian found (mg/kg)Limit applied (mg/kg)
Azoxystrobinrandom samples10.0720.01

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

1 of 38 random samples were above the limit: 2.6% (95% interval 0.5%–13%). Samples taken by BE, DE, ES, FR, NL in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, pooled.

Also on file, never turned into a rate because inspectors chose them: 23 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.

UK supermarket samples

MonthRetailerBrandResidues found (mg/kg)
2026-03Other shops—fludioxonil 2.1 (MRL = 15)
2026-03Co-opCo-opnone found
2026-03Other shops—Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2.2 (MRL = 200)
2026-03Sainsbury'sby Sainsbury'sfludioxonil 0.1 (MRL = 15); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1 (MRL = 200)
2026-02AsdaAsdanone found
2026-02LidlLidlfludioxonil 2.3 (MRL = 15)
2026-02MorrisonsMorrisons The Greengrocer'snone found
2026-02AsdaAsdafludioxonil 0.02 (MRL = 15)
2026-02AldiNature's Pickfludioxonil 0.02 (MRL = 15)
2026-02Other shops—fludioxonil 0.02 (MRL = 15)
2026-02Other shops—Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.2 (MRL = 200)
2026-01Other shops—none found
2026-01Other shops—fludioxonil 0.02 (MRL = 15)
2023-10Other shops—etofenprox 0.04 (MRL = 1)
2023-10AldiNature's Pickfludioxonil 0.2 (MRL = 15); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2.1 (MRL = 200)
2023-10Other shopsElitanone found
2023-10Other shopsElitanone found
2023-05Other shops—fludioxonil 0.01 (MRL = 15)
2023-05Other shops—fludioxonil 0.04 (MRL = 15)
2023-05Other shops—none found
2023-04Co-op—none found
2023-04Other shops—etofenprox 0.03 (MRL = 1); fludioxonil 0.08 (MRL = 15); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 57.1 (MRL = 200)
2023-04Other shops—none found
2023-03AldiNature's Pick Aldifludioxonil 0.01 (MRL = 15)
2023-03Other shops—none found
2023-02Other shops—none found
2023-02Other shops—fludioxonil 0.2 (MRL = 15); Fosetyl-Al (sum) 1.7 (MRL = 200); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.02 (MRL = 4)
2023-02Other shops—none found
2023-02AldiNature's Pick AldiFosetyl-Al (sum) 9.1 (MRL = 200)
2023-02Other shops—Fosetyl-Al (sum) 5 (MRL = 200)
2023-02MorrisonsMorrisons The Greengrocer'sfludioxonil 0.02 (MRL = 15)
2023-02TescoTescofludioxonil 0.04 (MRL = 15)
2023-01Other shops—fludioxonil 0.4 (MRL = 15)
2023-01Other shopsJack's Tesconone found
2023-01Other shops—fludioxonil 0.03 (MRL = 15)

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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