title: Survey of imported green coffee beans for pesticide residues.
abstract: The US Food and Drug Administration carries out incidence/level monitoring in order to acquire data on the presence and amounts of pesticide residues in particular commodity/chemical combinations. In the survey reported here, imported green coffee beans were analysed for a variety of pesticide chemicals. A total of 60 green coffee samples were collected from 21 countries that are major exporters of coffee to the United States. The samples were analysed for organochlorine/organophosphorus, N-methyl carbamate, benomyl group and EBDC residues. Four samples had detectable residues: chlorpyrifos, 0.01, 0.02 and 0.04 ppm and pirimiphos-methyl, 0.01 ppm. The majority (93%) of the green coffee samples analysed in this survey had no detectable pesticide residues.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, San Francisco, CA 94102.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yess
mesh_terms: D003069:Coffee / Q000737:chemistry*; D005506:Food Contamination; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D010575:Pesticides