Portugal 2006
Pesticide residues in fresh (incl. frozen) fruit, vegetables and cereals in Portugal, 2006
Number of analysed samples: 616
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: Imidacloprid, Captan/folpet sum, Benomyl group, Dimethoate, Cyprodinil, Fludioxonil, Acrinathrin, Procymidone, Maneb group
- in cereals: Malathion, Pirimiphos-methyl, Dichlorvos
Multiple residues: Share of samples with 2, 3,..., 8 and more pesticides
Total of samples with multiple residues: 38
(= 6,17 % 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"
