Monitoring results from Norway 2014 Agnethe Christiansen, Randi Bolli and Kari Stuveseth Bioforsk – Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research

Monitoring programme 2014 In total 1389 samples –National and EU-coordinated 62 % imported and 38 % domestic produced products National projects –Drinking water –Herbal drinks and fruit/vegetable juices Border control: 97 samples analysed

Methods Multimethod –GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS after QuEChERS extraction (EN 15662) –117 analytes on Agilent 7000 GC-MS Triple Quad –213 analytes on Agilent 6410 LC-MS Triple Quad 7 different group specific methods and SRM’s –29 analytes –Dithiocarbamates on GC-MS (SIM) and bromide on GC-ECD –Chlormequat/mepiquat on LC-MS –Rest on LC-MS/MS Products of animal origin –Three separate methods

Monitoring results In total 1389 samples were analysed in the pesticide monitoring programme 55 different countries 97 different commodities

Samples above the MRLs In total, 23 samples (1.7 %) had findings above the MRLs 19 of 23 samples were from countries outside EU 18 samples defined as non-compliant after taken into account the analytical uncertainty CommodityCountriesNumber of samples Beans with podsCambodia4 Leaf celeryCambodia4 MintCambodia4 EggplantCambodia3 CelerySpain1 MangoCambodia1 MangosteenCambodia1 OrangeSouth-Africa1 PlumItaly1 RiceIndia1 SageNorway1 StrawberryThe Netherlands1

Non-compliant samples 5 RASFF notifications, all products from Cambodia 10 samples were considered as “No acute health risk” 3 samples were considered as “No acute health risk”. Followed up with enforced control

Suspected illegal use of pesticides 2014 According to Norwegian legislation 11 samples –Hexythiazox in raspberries –Imidacloprid and spirotetramat in basil –Carbendazim and indoxacarb in red currants –Carbendazim in cucumber and apple –Clofentezin in red currants –Spinosad and azoxystrobin in lettuce –Spinosad and fludioxonil in sage Follow-up by the Food Safety Authority

The most frequently detected pesticides in 2014

Boscalid and imazalil were the most frequently detected pesticides in imported products –Boscalid; Apples and pears –Imazalil; Oranges, bananas, clementines Boscalid and fenhexamid were the most frequently detected pesticides in products from Norway –Boscalid; Carrots, strawberries etc. –Fenhexamid; Strawberries etc.

National projects Drinking water (10 samples) –Analysed for 120 different pesticides –No detected residues Herbal drinks and fruit/vegetable juices (17 samples) –Analysed with multimethod covering 330 different pesticides –No detected residues

Border control in 2014 In total 97 samples were analysed 8 different countries, 13 different commodities Detections of pesticide residues in 57 samples Exceeding’s in 18 samples –Detection of 33 different pesticides 27 samples analysed pr CommodityCountries Number of samples No. of samples with exceedings BasilThailand3 Vietnam53 Beans with podsCambodia1 Thailand342 Vietnam1 ChilipepperCambodia11 Thailand1 Vietnam74 CorianderThailand22 EggplantThailand1 GrapesPeru4 Leaf parsleyVietnam44 MintVietnam11 OrangeEgypt4 Pak choiThe Netherlands11 PitahayaVietnam11 TeaChina5 Vine leavesTurkey11

One sample of canned vine leaves had 16 detections with 13 exceeding’s of MRLs for fresh vine leaves The lot destroyed No RASFF notification Border control in 2014 Levels (mg/kg)MRL (mg/kg) Azoxystrobin Boscalid Chlorpyrifos Dimethomorph Dithiocarbamates Lambda-Cyhalothrin Malathion Metalaxyl Myclobutanil Pyraclostrobin Quinoxyfen Trifloxystrobin Zoxamide

The National Norwegian report on Pesticide residues in food 2014 will be published in June nmidler/rester_av_plantevernmidler_i_mat/#overvakings _og_kartleggingsprogrammer

About 1350 samples will be analysed National project: Berries –Strawberries 62 –Raspberries 25 –Other berries 20 Monitoring programme 2015

Non-compliant samples pr. May 2015

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