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2024 · Netherlands · EFSA consolidated official controls · Calendar year

Pesticide residues found on parsley

100% of standard-grown samples had at least one detected residue. Standard-grown means samples not identified as organic (called conventional in the source data). Detection does not, by itself, mean the food was unsafe.

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Any residue100%Higher organic-buying priority

1 sample, standard-grown

No quantified residue0%Higher organic-buying priority

All reported results below quantification

Multiple residues100%Higher organic-buying priority

Two or more residues detected

Median residue count20Higher organic-buying priority

Highest observed count: 20

Above published limit100%Higher organic-buying priority

Based on the reported compliance evaluation

Organic comparisonNot availableNot enough published data

Withheld: only 0 samples

Residue detail

What was found on parsley?

The most frequently detected residues across all 1 samples. This is the complete available table for this monitoring entry.

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Detection does not establish harm. Health risk depends on both toxicity and the amount a person is exposed to.

What do these types mean?
  • FungicideControls fungal diseases such as moulds and mildews.
  • InsecticideControls insects that damage crops or stored food.
  • HerbicideControls weeds competing with a crop.
  • Growth regulatorChanges plant growth, development or ripening.
  • Other / mixedCovers multiple substances or a role that cannot be reliably assigned from the published name.

These labels describe agricultural function, not a toxicity ranking.

ResidueTypeSamplesMedianHigher resultTypical published limit
Lambda-cyhalothrin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.036 mg/kg0.036 mg/kg0.7 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Biphenyl (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.008 mg/kg0.008 mg/kg0.1 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Cypermethrin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.09 mg/kg0.09 mg/kg2 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Anthraquinone (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.014 mg/kg0.014 mg/kg0.02 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Propiconazole (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.46 mg/kg0.46 mg/kg0.02 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Thiophanate-methyl (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.054 mg/kg0.054 mg/kg0.1 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Propamocarb (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.014 mg/kg0.014 mg/kg30 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Carbendazim (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.084 mg/kg0.084 mg/kg0.1 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Penconazole (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.017 mg/kg0.017 mg/kg0.02 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Malathion (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.011 mg/kg0.011 mg/kg0.02 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Pendimethalin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.014 mg/kg0.014 mg/kg2 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Pyraclostrobin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.017 mg/kg0.017 mg/kg2 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Tebuconazole (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.136 mg/kg0.136 mg/kg2 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Acetamiprid (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.011 mg/kg0.011 mg/kg3 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Azoxystrobin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.22 mg/kg0.22 mg/kg70 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Trifloxystrobin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.011 mg/kg0.011 mg/kg15 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Emamectin (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.017 mg/kg0.017 mg/kg0.2 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Chlorpyrifos (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.068 mg/kg0.068 mg/kg0.01 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Difenoconazole (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.56 mg/kg0.56 mg/kg10 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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Dimethomorph (RD)Other / mixed1 (100%)0.017 mg/kg0.017 mg/kg10 mg/kg
Health summary pending

No reviewed substance-specific summary is available, so no health effect is inferred.

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“Higher result” is an approximate 95th-percentile observed concentration, not a safety threshold. Amounts of different pesticides should not be added together or compared directly. Functional types describe their usual agricultural role; they are not hazard or toxicity rankings.

ADI and ARfD are intake reference values, not limits for one food sample. A personal assessment would also require consumption, body-weight and wider exposure data. Source programmes report legal Maximum Residue Level results separately.

What this tells you

A monitoring result, not a verdict.

EFSA consolidates official control results reported by national authorities; sampling strategies and food coverage differ between countries. It is not a test of every parsley product sold in Netherlands. This entry’s latest included calendar year release is from 2024.

Published MRLs or tolerances are regulatory limits associated with pesticide use. Consumer-risk assessment is a separate process.

Limited sample coverage. Fewer than 20 samples: useful as a monitoring snapshot, but sensitive to individual results.

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Common questions

How to read these parsley results

Were pesticide residues detected on parsley?

100% of 1 standard-grown samples in the 2024 EFSA consolidated official controls dataset had at least one quantified residue.

Does that mean parsley were unsafe?

No. A laboratory detection is not, by itself, a consumer-risk finding. Regulators assess dietary risk separately.

Should I buy organic parsley?

There were only 0 organic samples, so Residue Lens withholds the comparison.