Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Estonia 1998 2002

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Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Estonia 1998
- 2002

• Merike Toome
• Estonian Control Centre of Plant Production

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How did we start?

• 1997 - Estonia started negotiations for joining
  EU
• New requirements for monitoring of pesticide
  residues
• Intensive support by PHARE and by neighboring
  countries

• 1998 Estonian National Monitoring Programme of
  Pesticide Residues was approved by the decree of
  Ministry of Agriculture

• Participants
• Health Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn Chemical
  Laboratory
• Health Protection Inspectorate, Tartu Chemical
  Laboratory
• Estonian Control Centre of Plant Production
• Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics

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How did we start?

• Training of Sample-collectors
• Help received from Finnish Food Administration
• About 70 sample-collectors were trained

• Training of Chemists
• Help received from Danish Institute of
  Agricultural Sciences
• Our chemists acquired new skills in Norway,
  Sweden, Denmark and Germany

• New Modern Instruments
• Cooperation with Danish Institute of Agricultural
  Sciences
• PHARE projects

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What we have achieved within 5 years?

• 1875 samples
• 637 samples of domestic origin
• 1220 samples of imported origin

• Pesticide residues were found in 821 samples,
  which is 44.2 of the total number of samples
• Domestic production
• 488 samples (76.6) clean
• 127 samples (19.9) below MRL
• 22 samples (3.5) above MRL
• Imported production
• 512 samples (41.9) clean
• 657 samples (53.9) below MRL
• 51 samples (4.2) above MRL

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The number of different pesticide residues
measured in Estonia
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Screening of the pesticide residues in 1998-2002
325 samples
378 samples
322 samples
429 samples
403 samples
Domestic production
Imported production
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The presence of pesticide residues in domestic
and imported production
Clean samples
Below MRL
Above MRL
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The presence of pesticide residues in domestic
production
98 samples
124 samples
122 samples
150 samples
143 samples
Clean samples
Below MRL
Above MRL
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The presence of pesticide residues in imported
production
227 samples
254 samples
200 samples
279 samples
260 samples
Clean samples
Below MRL
Above MRL
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Country of origin of imported production

• Spain 268 samples
• The Netherlands 168 samples
• Poland 122 samples
• Italy 77 samples
• Belgium 37 samples
• France 29 samples

? 35 different countries
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The number of different pesticide residues in
fruits and vegetables
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Different pesticide residues in fruits and
vegetables
29 samples
8 samples
23 samples
60 samples
47 samples
Clean samples
Below MRL
Above MRL
data from 2002
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Different pesticide residues in vegetables
47 samples
60 samples
23 samples
8 samples
29 samples
Clean samples
Below MRL
Above MRL
data from 2002
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Most frequently found pesticide residues
data from 2002