title: [Survey of pesticide residues in imported frozen vegetables and fruits (1989.4~2008.3)].
abstract: A survey of pesticide residues in 595 imported frozen products on the Tokyo market from April 1989 to March 2008 was carried out. Forty three kinds of pesticides, including organophosphorus, organochlorine, carbamate, pyrethroid and others, were detected between levels of trace (below 0.01 ppm) and 4.6 ppm from 162 samples. Chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and omethoate were frequently detected in green vegetables (komatsuna leaf and spinach), cypermethrin and methamidophos were detected in pods and seeds (green soybean and string pea), chlorpropham (CIPC) was detected in potato, and captan and carbaryl were detected in berries (blueberry, raspberry and strawberry). The hydrophilic pesticide methamidophos was detected in flesh of lychee. Residue levels of these pesticides were calculated as between less than 0.5% and 30% of their ADI values according to the daily intake of frozen products. Therefore, these frozen products should be safe when they were eaten in customary amounts.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamijo
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwakoshi
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D002215:Captan / Q000032:analysis; D012721:Carbaryl / Q000032:analysis; D002748:Chlorpropham / Q000032:analysis; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000032:analysis; D005628:Frozen Foods / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000032:analysis; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D011722:Pyrethrins; D002748:Chlorpropham; C017160:cypermethrin; C014655:methamidophos; D002215:Captan; D004390:Chlorpyrifos; D012721:Carbaryl