Ireland 2004
Pesticide residues in fresh (incl. frozen) fruit, vegetables and cereals in Ireland, 2004
Number of analysed samples: 941
Source: European Commission 2004 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: Thiabendazole, Benomyl group, Iprodione, Captan, Chlorpyrifos, Tolyfluanid, Tebuconazole, Prochloraz, Malathion and Myclobutanil
- in cereals: Pirimiphos-methyl, Malathion, Deltamethrin, Chlorpyriphos methyl and Thiabendazole
Multiple residues: Share of samples with 2, 3,..., 8 and more pesticides
Total of samples with multiple residues: 174
(=18,49 % of analysed samples)
Source: European Commission 2004 report "Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Products of Plant Origin in the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein"