Raw material purchase Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 13 samples (360 analyses)
	Number of analyses	Value detected (%)	Results Abnormalities (number)*	Limit values*
Wheat	119
Pesticide residues	111	4.5	all < 50 % MC
Cadmium	2	100.0	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
Sunflower/-byproducts	54
Pesticide residues	54	0.0	all < LOQ
Fatty acids from chemical refining	62
Pesticide residues	57	1.8
PAH	1	0.0	all < LOQ
Rice middlings	122
Pesticide residues	108	0.0	all < LOQ
Arsenic	1	100.0	all < 1 mg/kg	MC 2 mg/kg
Dioxin	1	100.0	all < 0.25 ng/kg	AL 0.5 ng/kg
Salmonella	3	33.3	1x positive

Time period: 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021

Bulgaria: 137 samples (4,175 analyses)
	Number of analyses	Value detected (%)	Results Abnormalities (number)*	Limit values*
Wheat	2,012
Pesticide residues	1,678	1.4	Orthophenylphenol 1 ≥ 0.01 mg/kg	Orthophenylphenol MC 0.02 mg/kg
Cadmium	26	88.5	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
DON	23	43.5	all < 4 mg/kg	GV 8 mg/kg
Dioxin	8	100.0	all < 0.25 ng/kg	AL 0.5 ng/kg
Sunflower/-byproducts	658
Pesticide residues	648	0.0	all < LOQ
PAH	3	0.0	all < 80 µg/kg	AGW 160 µg/kg
Fatty acids from chemical refining	497
Pesticide residues	452	0.2
PAH	9	33.3	1 ≥ 80 µg/kg	AL 160 µg/kg
Maize	399
Pesticide residues	327	0.3	all < 50 % MC
Cadmium	6	83.3	all < 0.5 mg/kg	MC 1 mg/kg
DON	6	0.0	all < LOQ
Dioxin	5	100.0	all < 0.25 ng/kg	AL 0.5 ng/kg
Sorghum/Milocorn	54
Pesticide residues	54	0.0	all < LOQ
Rice middlings	14
Arsenic	1	100.00	all < 1 mg/kg	MC 2 mg/kg
Dioxin	2	100.00	all < 0.25 ng/kg	AL 0.5 ng/kg

Time period: 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2021

Legend: MC= maximum content, AL = action limit, GV = guidance value, LOQ = Limit of quantification

*values ≥ 50% from the strictest limit value