Table grapes from Namibia
How often official samples of table grapes grown in Namibia break the EU maximum residue level for pesticides, by why the sample was taken.
There are only 22 random market samples, too few for a market rate. UK supermarkets: 77 samples since 2020, 0 above the UK limit.
Random market samples
22 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: 19 risk-based and 0 follow-up samples.
UK supermarket samples
| Month | Retailer | Residues found (mg/kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02 | Other shops | difenoconazole 0.01 (MRL = 3); fenhexamid 0.3 (MRL = 15) |
| 2026-02 | Other shops | difenoconazole 0.01 (MRL = 3); fenhexamid 0.3 (MRL = 15) |
| 2026-02 | Aldi | boscalid 0.02 (MRL = 5); fenhexamid 0.4 (MRL = 15); proquinazid 0.01 (MRL = 0.5); spinetoram 0.02 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2026-02 | Aldi | boscalid 0.02 (MRL = 5); fenhexamid 0.4 (MRL = 15); proquinazid 0.01 (MRL = 0.5); spinetoram 0.02 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2026-01 | Dunnes Stores | fenhexamid 0.15 (MRL = 15) |
| 2026-01 | Co-op | boscalid 0.08 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5); penconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2026-01 | Co-op | boscalid 0.08 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5); penconazole 0.03 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2025-01 | Other shops | fenhexamid 0.05 (MRL = 15) |
| 2025-01 | Other shops | fenhexamid 0.05 (MRL = 15) |
| 2025-01 | Spar | fenhexamid 0.24 (MRL = 15) |
| 2025-01 | Tesco | azoxystrobin 0.076 (MRL = 3); boscalid 0.018 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.15 (MRL = 1); fenhexamid 0.12 (MRL = 15); fluopyram 0.031 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.7 (MRL = 1.5); glufosinate (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.15) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.7 (MRL = 1.5); glufosinate (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.15) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.7 (MRL = 1.5); glufosinate (sum) 0.04 (MRL = 0.15) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Other shops | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Marks & Spencer | fluopyram 0.6 (MRL = 2); glufosinate (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.15); penconazole 0.01 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2024-02 | Morrisons | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.1 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | boscalid 0.01 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.4 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-02 | Waitrose | boscalid 0.03 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.5 (MRL = 1); fenhexamid 0.02 (MRL = 15); fluopyram 0.4 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-02 | Marks & Spencer | fluopyram 0.6 (MRL = 2); glufosinate (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.15); penconazole 0.01 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2024-02 | Morrisons | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.1 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | boscalid 0.01 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.4 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-02 | Waitrose | boscalid 0.03 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.5 (MRL = 1); fenhexamid 0.02 (MRL = 15); fluopyram 0.4 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-02 | Marks & Spencer | fluopyram 0.6 (MRL = 2); glufosinate (sum) 0.1 (MRL = 0.15); penconazole 0.01 (MRL = 0.5) |
| 2024-02 | Morrisons | boscalid 0.2 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.1 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5); spirotetramat (sum) 0.01 (MRL = 2) |
| 2024-02 | Tesco | boscalid 0.01 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.4 (MRL = 1); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-02 | Waitrose | boscalid 0.03 (MRL = 5); ethephon 0.5 (MRL = 1); fenhexamid 0.02 (MRL = 15); fluopyram 0.4 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | boscalid 0.1 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | boscalid 0.1 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Aldi | boscalid 0.1 (MRL = 5); fluopyram 0.2 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
| 2024-01 | Tesco | ethephon 0.06 (MRL = 1); fenhexamid 0.2 (MRL = 15) |
| 2024-01 | Other shops | fluopyram 0.3 (MRL = 1.5) |
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