Pesticide residues in foodstuffs in Great Britain; organochlorine pesticides, organophosphorus pesticides and fumigant residues in home‐produced and imported wheat

Abstract

Residue levels of organochlorine pesticides, organophosphorus pesticides, fumigants and bromide were determined in home‐produced and imported wheat during the period October 1978 to April 1979. A total of 281 samples was analysed of which 133 contained low levels of carbon tetrachloride, 112 contained low levels of gamma‐HCH and 26 contained low levels of malathion. One sample contained a residue of carbon tetrachloride, and another a residue of 1,2‐dichloroethane, both of which were above the Codex Alimentarius guide‐line levels. No other residue approached the proposed Codex Alimentarius maximum residue limits.