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1 Issue 2020 MONITORING- REPORT A close eye on the residues of plant protection products: More than 25,000 fruit and vegetable samples on the test bench In the current issue of the Monitoring-Report Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes, Deutscher Fruchthandelsverband e.V. (DFHV) and QS Fachgesellschaft Obst-Gemüse-Kartoffeln GmbH (QS) take a close look at the residue situation for pesticides in fruit and vegetables in the period from October 2018 to September 2019. In addition to an overview of the results of 25,627 evaluated samples, the Monitoring-Report 2020 contains special residue evaluations for apples, bananas, blueberries, peppers, chinese cabbage and cucumbers. This issue again contains interesting background information for ex- perts, including the planned reduction of the maximum residue level (MRL) for chlorpropham and the effects of further selected MRL changes. For the Monitoring-Report, which has been published once a year since 2010, QS and DFHV have jointly evaluated more than 200,000 fruit and vegetable samples for pesticide residues and carried out 54 detailed analyses of individual products. An important contribution to more transparency in the fruit and vegetable value chain. Overview of MRL exceedances A publication of QS Fachgesellschaft Obst-Gemüse-Kartoffeln and DFHV Deutscher Fruchthandelsverband e.V. AFRICA NUMBER OF SAMPLES (TOTAL): 1,997 NO MRL EXCEEDANCE: 1,738 EXCEEDANCE RATE: 13.0% Samples per country Samples with MRL exceedance* Samples with MRL exceedance*: 697 Exceedance rate (total): 2.7% Exceedance rate Germany: 0.5% Exceedance rate EU (excluding Germany): 1.8% Exceedance rate non-EU countries: 9.1% *Based on the actual value (measured without taking into account an expanded measurement uncertainty of ±50 percent) Fruit Residue analysis for apples, bananas and blueberries Page 2 Vegetables Residue analysis for peppers, chinese cabbage and cucumbers Topics in focus Effects of MRL reductions NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA NUMBER OF SAMPLES (TOTAL): 2,395 NO MRL EXCEEDANCE: 2,262 EXCEEDANCE RATE: 5.6% Samples per country Samples with MRL exceedance* Brazil 513 31 Peru 471 48 Chile 447 10 Colombia 205 11 Costa Rica 182 9 Uruguay 173 11 Ecuador 150 1 Mexico 91 3 Dominican Republic 55 4 Argentina 43 1 Samples per country Samples with MRL exceedance* Germany 12,782 67 Spain 2,487 44 Netherlands 1,795 5 Belgium 1,186 23 Italy 1,059 38 Austria 241 0 France 219 4 Portugal 114 0 Greece 91 8 Hungary 61 3 ASIA/PACIFIC NUMBER OF SAMPLES (TOTAL): 1,081 NO MRL EXCEEDANCE: 972 EXCEEDANCE RATE: 10.1 % Samples per country Samples with MRL exceedance* Turkey 376 69 Israel 245 8 China 201 19 India 113 1 New Zealand 77 0 Malaysia 21 3 Vietnam 20 3 Thailand 18 4 Australia 3 0 Indonesia 2 0 Page 3 Page 4 Current figures at a glance Evaluation period: 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019 25,627 73 12,393 13,234 (48.4%) (51.6%) Total number of samples analysed Number of sample countries Samples without active substance Samples with active substance Samples analysed per continent (Top 10) EUROPE NUMBER OF SAMPLES (TOTAL): 20,154 NO MRL EXCEEDANCE: 19,958 EXCEEDANCE RATE: 1.0 % Madagascar 596 162 South Africa 568 54 Morocco 366 22 Egypt 217 12 Kenya 96 8 Senegal 31 0 Zimbabwe 21 0 Ivory Coast 19 0 Namibia 16 0 Ethiopia 11 0