Spain 2004
Pesticide residues in fresh (incl. frozen) fruit, vegetables and cereals in Spain, 2004
Number of analysed samples: 3858
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: Chlorpyriphos, Procymidone, Imazalil, Malathion, Maneb group, Chlortalonil, Dicofol, Endosulfan, Methidathion and Captan+Folpet
- in cereals: Malathion,Pirimiphos-methyl, Propyconazol, Bromopropylate, Deltamethrin and Diphenconazol
Multiple residues: Share of samples with 2, 3,..., 8 and more pesticides
Total of samples with multiple residues: 261
(=6,77 % 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"