Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
Pesticide Residues
10:00 pm
Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of mushrooms that tested positively for carcinogenic substances in 2006; and the number that were tested in total. [24715/07]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Thirteen samples of mushrooms were analysed in 2006 to check that they complied with the legislation controlling pesticide residues in food. The only pesticide residue found in the samples analysed was prochloraz and there is no evidence to suggest this is a carcinogenic substance. The prochloraz residues found in four of the samples analysed were present at levels less than or equal to 1/40th of the maximum residue level (MRL). The list of pesticides for which the mushroom samples were analysed in 2006 is as follows.
| Pesticide Compounds | LCL* (mg/kg) | Pesticide Compounds | LCL* (mg/kg) | Pesticide Compounds | LCL* (mg/kg) |
| Acephate | 0.05 | dicofol | 0.05 | monocrotophos | 0.02 |
| aldrin | 0.02 | Dieldrin | 0.02 | myclobutanil | 0.02 |
| Alachlor | 0.02 | dimethoate | 0.02 | trans-nonachlor | 0.02 |
| Atrazine | 0.02 | diphenylamine | 0.02 | omethaote | 0.02 |
| azinphos-ethyl | 0.05 | disulfoton | 0.02 | oxadixyl | 0.02 |
| azinphos-methyl | 0.05 | endrin | 0.02 | paraoxon | 0.02 |
| azoxystrobin | 0.05 | endosulfan-alpha** | 0.02 | parathion | 0.02 |
| benalaxyl | 0.02 | endosulfan-beta | 0.02 | parathion methyl | 0.02 |
| — BHC | 0.02 | endosulfan-sulfate | 0.02 | paraoxon-methyl | 0.02 |
| — BHC | 0.02 | Est-fenvalerate | 0.05 | penconazole | 0.02 |
| — BHC | 0.02 | ethion | 0.02 | pendimethalin | 0.02 |
| bifenthrin | 0.02 | etrimphos | 0.02 | permethrin** | 0.02 |
| binapacryl | 0.02 | fenarimol | 0.02 | phosalone | 0.02 |
| biphenyl | 0.02 | fenbuconazole | 0.02 | phosmet | 0.02 |
| bitertanol | 0.02 | fenchlorphos | 0.02 | phosphamidon | 0.02 |
| bromopropylate | 0.02 | fenhexamid | 0.05 | pirimicarb | 0.02 |
| bromophos-ethyl | 0.02 | fenitrothion | 0.02 | pirimiphos ethyl | 0.02 |
| bromophos-methyl | 0.02 | fenpropathrin | 0.02 | pirimiphos methyl | 0.02 |
| Bupirimate | 0.02 | Fenthion | 0.02 | Prochloraz | 0.02 |
| Captafol | 0.02 | fenvalerate | 0.02 | Procymidone | 0.02 |
| carbaryl | 0.02 | fludioxinil | 0.02 | propachlor | 0.02 |
| captan** | 0.02 | flusilazole | 0.02 | propanil | 0.02 |
| carbendazim | 0.02 | fluvalinate-tau | 0.02 | propargite | 0.02 |
| Carbofuran | 0.02 | Folpet | 0.02 | propetamphos | 0.02 |
| chlorpfenvinphos | 0.02 | Fonofos | 0.05 | propiconazole | 0.02 |
| chlorbenzilate | 0.02 | heptachlor | 0.02 | propoxur | 0.02 |
| chlorpropham | 0.02 | heptachlor-epoxide | 0.02 | propyzamide | 0.02 |
| chlorothalonil | 0.02 | heptenophos | 0.02 | pyrazophos | 0.02 |
| chlorpyriphos | 0.02 | hexachlorobenzene | 0.02 | pyrimethanil | 0.02 |
| chlorpyriphos-me | 0.02 | hexaconazole | 0.02 | pyrifenox | 0.02 |
| cis-chlordane | 0.02 | iprodione | 0.02 | quintozene | 0.02 |
| trans-chlordane | 0.02 | isofenphos | 0.05 | quinalphos | 0.02 |
| coumaphos | 0.02 | iodofenphos | 0.02 | simazine | 0.02 |
| cyfluthrin | 0.02 | Kresoxim methyl | 0.02 | tebuconazole | 0.02 |
| —cyfluthrin | 0.02 | lindane (ã-HCH) | 0.02 | tecnazene | 0.02 |
| —cyhalothrin | 0.02 | Linuron | 0.02 | terbufos | 0.02 |
| cypermethrin | 0.05 | malathion | 0.02 | tetradifon | 0.02 |
| cyproconazole | 0.05 | malaoxon | 0.02 | thiabendazole | 0.05 |
| cyprodinil | 0.02 | mecarbam | 0.02 | tolcophos methyl | 0.02 |
| pp'DDT | 0.02 | metacriphos | 0.02 | tolyfluanid | 0.02 |
| op'DDT | 0.02 | metalaxyl | 0.02 | Triazophos | 0.02 |
| pp'DDE | 0.02 | methamidophos | 0.05 | triadimefon | 0.02 |
| op'DDE | 0.02 | methidathion | 0.02 | triadimenol | 0.02 |
| pp'DDD | 0.02 | methiocarb | 0.02 | trifluralin | 0.05 |
| op'DDD | 0.02 | Methiocarb sulfone | 0.05 | trichlorfon | 0.05 |
| deltamethrin | 0.05 | Methiocarb sulfoxide | 0.05 | vinclozolin | 0.02 |
| Demeton-s-me-sfone | 0.02 | methoxychlor | 0.02 | ||
| Diazinon | 0.02 | metolachlor | 0.02 | EBDC's (dithiocarbamates) | 0.05 |
| dichlofluanid | 0.02 | mevinphos | 0.02 | ||
| Dicloran | 0.05 | Mirex | 0.02 | ||
| dichlorvos | 0.02 | ||||
| * = LCL is the lowest calibrated level and is equivalent to the limit of determination. |
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