Potatoes from Cyprus
How often official samples of potatoes grown in Cyprus break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 1 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 11 samples since 2023, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
1 random sample (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: 7 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02 | Other shops | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 36 (MRL = 200) |
| 2026-02 | Other shops | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 36 (MRL = 200) |
| 2025-06 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-07 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-07 | Lidl | none found |
| 2024-04 | Tesco | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 0.03 (MRL = 15) |
| 2024-04 | Tesco | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 0.03 (MRL = 15) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 0.02 (MRL = 15) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 0.02 (MRL = 15) |
| 2023-10 | Other shops | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 1 (MRL = 15) |
| 2023-10 | Other shops | 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene 1 (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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