Potatoes from Israel
How often official samples of potatoes grown in Israel break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 15 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 48 samples since 2021, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
15 random samples (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: 11 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2026-02 | Other shops | none found |
| 2026-02 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2025-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2024-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-04 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-04 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-04 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-04 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-03 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-02 | Other shops | none found |
| 2023-02 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-07 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-06 | Other shops | fludioxonil 0.01 (MRL = 5) |
| 2022-06 | Other shops | fludioxonil 0.01 (MRL = 5) |
| 2022-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2022-05 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2022-05 | Marks & Spencer | none found |
| 2022-02 | Other shops | cyromazine 0.02 (MRL = 0.05*) |
| 2022-02 | Other shops | cyromazine 0.02 (MRL = 0.05*) |
| 2021-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-06 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-05 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-05 | Other shops | 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 48.
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