From: Tracking pesticide residues and risk levels in individual samples—insights and applications
Food | Sub-food | Samples tested | Averages per sample | |||
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Number | number positivesa | Percent positive (%) | Number of residues | Aggregate DRI | ||
Beef | Not specified | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00236 |
Potatoes | Not specified | 64 | 33 | 52 | 1.18 | 0.197 |
Sweet peppers | Not specified | 54 | 40 | 74 | 2.53 | 0.0304 |
Grapes | Not specified | 53 | 52 | 98 | 3.81 | 0.138 |
Aubergines | Not specified | 52 | 38 | 73 | 2.29 | 0.591 |
Cooking oils | Olive oil | 48 | 13 | 27 | 1.54 | 0.00497 |
Beans with pods | Green beans | 47 | 34 | 72 | 2.53 | 2.17 |
Grapefruit | Not specified | 41 | 41 | 100 | 5.29 | 0.563 |
Wheat flour | Wholemeal | 41 | 29 | 71 | 1.69 | 0.158 |
Broccoli | Fresh | 41 | 25 | 61 | 2.24 | 0.0813 |
Bananas | Not specified | 41 | 31 | 76 | 3.35 | 0.0709 |
Berries | Raspberries (fresh) | 36 | 21 | 58 | 2.24 | 0.0743 |
Mushrooms | Button | 32 | 10 | 31 | 1.80 | 0.0506 |
Berries | Raspberries (frozen) | 30 | 30 | 100 | 4.47 | 0.0458 |
Asparagus | Not specified | 30 | 5 | 17 | 1.20 | 0.00905 |
Berries | Blueberries (fresh) | 26 | 15 | 58 | 2.27 | 0.0594 |
Mushrooms | Chestnut | 24 | 12 | 50 | 1.50 | 0.0248 |
Rice | Basmati | 21 | 10 | 48 | 4.40 | 0.641 |
Specialty vegetables | Kale | 21 | 8 | 38 | 1.88 | 0.0700 |
Specialty vegetables | Spring greens | 18 | 10 | 56 | 1.70 | 0.0134 |
Melons | Honeydew | 14 | 14 | 100 | 1.93 | 0.235 |
Melons | Watermelon (prepared) | 14 | 4 | 29 | 1.75 | 0.0277 |
Fish | Cod | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1.00 | 0.00425 |
Melons | Watermelon | 9 | 9 | 100 | 1.56 | 0.191 |
Melons | Cantaloupe | 9 | 8 | 89 | 2.63 | 0.0518 |
Broccoli | Frozen | 7 | 5 | 71 | 2.00 | 0.298 |
Berries | Blackberries (fresh) | 7 | 5 | 71 | 4.60 | 0.174 |
Melons | Galia | 7 | 7 | 100 | 2.57 | 0.158 |
Cheese | Mozzarella | 7 | 2 | 29 | 1.00 | 0.0768 |
Plantain | Plantain | 7 | 7 | 100 | 1.86 | 0.0463 |
Rice | Other | 6 | 4 | 67 | 2.50 | 0.0214 |
Cheese | Ricotta | 5 | 3 | 60 | 1.00 | 0.0709 |
Berries | Blueberries (frozen) | 5 | 5 | 100 | 3.40 | 0.0248 |
Other foods | Not specified | 24 | 19 | 79 | 1.54 | 0.221 |
Totals | 934 | 551 | 6.60 |