Spinaches from Belgium
How often official samples of spinaches grown in Belgium break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 7 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 10 samples since 2022, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
7 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: 72 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.7); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 7) |
| 2022-11 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.7); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 7) |
| 2022-10 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.09 (MRL = 0.7); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 7) |
| 2022-10 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.09 (MRL = 0.7); Spirotetramat (partial sum) 0.03 (MRL = 7) |
| 2022-08 | Marks & Spencer | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2022-08 | Marks & Spencer | chlorate 0.06 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2022-06 | Sainsbury's | chlorate 0.04 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2022-06 | Sainsbury's | chlorate 0.04 (MRL = 0.7) |
| 2022-05 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.1 (MRL = 0.7); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.02 (MRL = 0.6) |
| 2022-05 | Morrisons | chlorate 0.1 (MRL = 0.7); lambda-cyhalothrin 0.02 (MRL = 0.6) |
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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