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Very Few Swedish Food Samples Exceed EU Limits for Pesticide Residue Levels

By Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
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Image credit: Matthew Lakeland via Unsplash

November 9, 2023

Livsmedelsverket’s (the Swedish Food Agency's) sampling of pesticide residues in food during 2021 has shown that, similarly to previous years, the majority of foods tested did not contain pesticides that exceed EU maximum residue limits (MRLs). In most domestic samples, no residues were detected at all.

A total of 867 random samples were taken across six food categories in 2021, of which, 43 percent contained no detectable pesticide residues. However, in 36 samples (4.2 percent), pesticide concentrations above the MRLs were found. Rice samples imported from non-EU countries accounted for 44 percent of the total number of samples that exceeded pesticide MRLs.

One explanation for the majority of pesticide MRL exceedances being found in rice can be attributed to the recent lowering of the limit for tricyclazole, with ten out of 16 rice samples that violated any MRLs containing excessively high levels of the chemical. A total of 65 rice samples were tested.

The pesticide residue level results for each of the six tested food categories are as follows:

  • Fruit and berries (fresh and frozen): 4.1 percent exceedance
  • Vegetables (fresh and frozen): 1 percent exceedance
  • Baby food: no exceedance
  • Cereals and cereal products (including rice): 19.5 percent exceedance
  • Animal products (bovine fat and eggs): no exceedance
  • Other processed products (e.g., edible oils and dried fruit) no exceedance.
KEYWORDS: Livsmedelsverket pesticide residues sampling program Sweden

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The Food Safety Magazine editorial team comprises Bailee Henderson, Digital Editor ✉; Adrienne Blume, M.A., Editorial Director; and Stacy Atchison, Publisher.

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