Monitoring-Report-FVP-2019

Monitoring- Report 2019 In the course of the analysis, QS and the DFHV evaluated 126 passion fruit samples from 12 countries of origin. The tropical fruit scores particularly well in terms of the MRL residue concentration: in 84% of the active substances it reached a maximum of 30%. All the samples came from non-EU countries, the majority were from Colombia (64 samples), followed by South Africa (22 samples) and Zambia (11 samples). Almost 41% of all samples were free of residues, including one third of all Colombian samples. A further 46% contained only one or two active substances. All samples with three or more active substances were from Colombia. Among the most frequently detected active substances were the fungicides tebuconazole , fosetyl-Al , azoxystrobin and trifloxystrobin . MRL exceedances were detected in six samples of passion fruit, including the only sample from Ecuador with an MRL exceedance of acetamiprid , as well as five samples from Colombia. The exceedances here were recorded for the four fungicides difenoconazole , pyrimethanil , pyraclostrobin and flutriafol , as well as for the insecticide monocrotho- phos , which is not approved in the EU. 392 samples of limes and 171 samples of lemons were part of the analysis carried out by QS and the DFHV. The analysis results were similarly different as the color of both citrus fruits. Of the lemon samples, 56% were originally from the EU and most of them from Spain. 99% of the lime samples were from non-EU countries, particularly from Brazil (82%), Mexico and Colombia. For both fruits, more than half of the samples were free or contained up to a maximum of two active substances. The proportion of lemon samples decreases from 26% without any residues, to 18% with two active substances, whereas the curve for limes increases from 8% without residues to 27% with two active sub- stances. Overall, it was possible to detect up to ten different active substances in both products. Nevertheless, in 83% of the analysis results for lemons and limes, the residue concentrations of the active substance reached only a maxi- mum of 30% of the MRL. Three fungicides were among the most frequently de- tected active substances: Imazalil (60% of lemon samples / 80% of lime samples), azoxystrobin (9.4% of lemon samples / 26.3% of lime samples) and thiabendazole (10.5% of lemon samples / 15.6% of lime samples). Lemon and lime QS Fachgesellschaft Obst-Gemüse-Kartoffeln and DFHV Deutscher Fruchthandelsverband e.V. Number of active substances Proportion of samples in % 0 10 20 30 40 50 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 40.5 20.6 25.4 7.1 3.2 0.8 0.8 1.6 NUMBER OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES DETECTED PER SAMPLE There were 219 raspberry samples on the test bench. The good news for the friends of the summer season fruit: none of the samples exceeded the maximum residue levels. Of 134 samples, more than 61% were from Germany, another 29% from the EU, mainly Spain (45 samples) and Portugal (13 samples). 21 samples were from non-European coun- tries, of which the largest proportion were Moroccan products (19 samples). More than half of all raspberry samples contained none (30%) or only one active substance (21%). Of the 108 samples (49%) containing two or more active substances, 63% were from Germany. A positive picture can be seen in the MRL exploitation: 97% of the detected active substances exploited the legal maximum levels only up to a maximum of 30%. In addition, no MRL exceedance was identified in any of the raspberry samples. A total of 26 different active substances were detected, mainly fungicides, most frequently fludioxonil (in more than every 2nd sample) and cyprodinil (almost every 3rd sample). Almost every 4th sample contained thiacloprid (in- secticide), followed by the fungicides fenhexamid and boscalid . Raspberry Proportion of active substances in % *Basis: Number of all active substances detected Exploitation of MRL in % > 1 > 1-10 > 10-20 > 20-30 > 30-40 > 40-50 > 50-60 > 60-70 > 70-80 > 80-90 > 90-100 > 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.8 3.8 11.1 53.7 28.5 PERCENTAGE OF MRL EXPLOITATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES* MOST FREQUENTLY DETECTED ACTIVE SUBSTANCES Exploitation of MRL in % Proportion of active substances in % *Basis: Number of all active substances detected > 1 > 1-10 > 10-20 > 20-30 > 30-40 > 40-50 > 50-60 > 60-70 > 70-80 > 80-90 > 90-100 > 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 7.5 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.7 0.7 3.0 3.7 5.2 25.4 49.3 0.0 PERCENTAGE OF MRL EXPLOITATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES* Exploitation of MRL in % Proportion of samples in % Proportion of active substances in % Number of active substances *Basis: Number of all active substances detected. > 1 > 1-10 > 10-20 > 20-30 > 30-40 > 40-50 > 50-60 > 60-70 > 70-80 > 80-90 > 90-100 > 100 0 0 1 2 3 4 ≥ 5 10 20 30 40 50 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 8.2 19.1 27.0 15.1 5.9 24.7 25.7 7.6 17.5 19.3 16.4 13.5 2.2 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.9 5.2 6.0 11.2 21.0 41.3 9.0 3.2 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.1 2.9 2.9 4.7 9.4 39.9 17.4 Lime Lemon 15.8 PERCENTAGE OF MRL EXPLOITATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES* NUMBER OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES DETECTED PER SAMPLE Passion fruit Number of samples Active substance Difenoconazole Spinosad ( sum ) Bifenazate (sum) 0 20 40 60 80 Fludioxonil 83 Cyprodinil 80 Thiacloprid 50 Fenhexamid 34 Boscalid 28 27 27 Indoxacarb 16 Pyraclostrobin 12 10 Hexythiazox 6 Fosetyl-Al / phosphonic acid 6