Potatoes from Ireland
How often official samples of potatoes grown in Ireland break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
UK supermarkets: 33 samples since 2021, 0 above the UK limit.
33
UK supermarket samples
0 over 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01 | Dunnes Stores | maleic hydrazide 1.5 (MRL = 60) |
| 2026-01 | Lidl | maleic hydrazide 3.1 (MRL = 60) |
| 2025-11 | Asda | none found |
| 2025-11 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2025-10 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-10 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2025-09 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2025-09 | Sainsbury's | none found |
| 2025-05 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2025-05 | Tesco | none found |
| 2025-03 | Co-op | none found |
| 2025-02 | Dunnes Stores | maleic hydrazide 20.5 (MRL = 60) |
| 2025-02 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2025-01 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2024-11 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2024-10 | Dunnes Stores | chlorpyrifos 0.038 (MRL = 0.01*) |
| 2024-10 | Asda | Fosetyl-Al (sum) 2.22 (MRL = 200) |
| 2024-09 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2024-09 | Dunnes Stores | none found |
| 2024-08 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-08 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-08 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-08 | Tesco | none found |
| 2024-04 | Asda | propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2024-04 | Asda | propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2023-03 | Co-op | propamocarb (sum) 0.027 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2023-01 | SuperValu | chlorpropham 0.058 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2022-06 | SuperValu | flonicamid (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 0.09); maleic hydrazide 6.9 (MRL = 60); propamocarb (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2022-04 | Marks & Spencer | propamocarb (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2021-09 | SuperValu | none found |
| 2021-08 | Tesco | propamocarb (sum) 0.02 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2021-08 | Tesco | propamocarb (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 0.3) |
| 2021-07 | SuperValu | propamocarb (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.3) |
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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