0 samples, standard-grown
2024 · United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · EFSA consolidated official controls · Calendar year
Pesticide residues found on common banana
0% 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.
All reported results below quantification
Two or more residues detected
Highest observed count: 0
Based on the reported compliance evaluation
Withheld: only 1 sample
Residue detail
What was found on common banana?
The most frequently detected residues across all 1 samples. This is the complete available table for this monitoring entry.
1samples checked
No quantified residues were recorded for this food.
“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 common banana product sold in United Kingdom (Northern Ireland). 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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How to read these common banana results
Were pesticide residues detected on common banana?
0% of 0 standard-grown samples in the 2024 EFSA consolidated official controls dataset had at least one quantified residue.
Does that mean common banana were unsafe?
No. A laboratory detection is not, by itself, a consumer-risk finding. Regulators assess dietary risk separately.
Should I buy organic common banana?
There were only 1 organic samples, so Residue Lens withholds the comparison.