Sweet peppers from Poland
How often official samples of sweet peppers grown in Poland break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 5 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 12 samples since 2021, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
5 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: 1 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-10 | Other shops | acetamiprid 0.04 (MRL = 0.3); azoxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 3); difenoconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.9); fluopyram 0.06 (MRL = 3); trifloxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 0.4) |
| 2021-10 | Other shops | difenoconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.9); azoxystrobin 0.03 (MRL = 3); acetamiprid 0.04 (MRL = 0.3); trifloxystrobin 0.04 (MRL = 0.4); fluopyram 0.06 (MRL = 3) |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-08 | Other shops | none found |
| 2021-07 | Other shops | carbendazim (sum) 0.005 (MRL = 0.1*); acetamiprid 0.01 (MRL = 0.3); thiophanate-methyl 0.005 (MRL = 0.1*) |
| 2021-07 | Other shops | imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1) |
| 2021-07 | Other shops | acetamiprid 0.01 (MRL = 0.3); carbendazim (sum) 0.005 (MRL = 0.1*); thiophanate-methyl 0.005 (MRL = 0.1*) |
| 2021-07 | Other shops | imidacloprid 0.03 (MRL = 1) |
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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