Belgium 2006
Pesticide residues in fresh (incl. frozen) fruit, vegetables and cereals in Belgium, 2006
Number of analysed samples: 1398
Source: European Commission 2006 report "Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Products of Plant Origin in the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein"
Pesticides found most often:
- in fruit and vegetables: Iprodione, Boscalid (nicobifen), Imazalil, Sulphur, Chrlorpropham, Thiabendazol, Chlorpyriphos-ethyl, Procymidone, Difenoconazole, Fosethyl-aluminium, Orthophenylphenol, Maneb group, Bromide, Chlormequat, Propamocarb., Ethephon
- in cereals: Chlormequat, Malathion, Pirimiphosmethyl, Dichlorvos
Multiple residues: Share of samples with 2, 3,..., 8 and more pesticides
Total of samples with multiple residues: 505
(=36,12 % of analysed samples)
Source: European Commission 2006 report "Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Products of Plant Origin in the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein"
