Estonia 2006
Pesticide residues in fresh (incl. frozen) fruit, vegetables and cereals in Estonia, 2006
Number of analysed samples: 436
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: Imazalil, Ortho-phenylphenol, Chlorpyriphos-ethyl, Benomyl Group, Thiabendazol, Azoxystrobin, Endosulfan, Iprodione, Triadimefon/triadimenol sum, Tolylfluanid, Maneb group,
- in cereals: Propamocarb.
Multiple residues: Share of samples with 2, 3,..., 8 and more pesticides
Total of samples with multiple residues: 87
(=19,95 % 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"