Determination of Pesticide Residues in Food Premises Using QuECHERS Method in Bench-Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Comparisons of average mean concentration of pesticide residues with European Union and Codex Alimentareous standards from the Gurafarda site.

Pesticide residues	Food items
	Corn	MRLs		Rice	MRLs		Sorghum	MRLs		Common millet	MRLs
		CA	EU		CA	EU		CA	EU		CA	EU
p,p-DDT	0.018	0.1	0.05	0.046	0.1	0.05	0.048	0.1	0.05	0.062	0.1	0.05
p,p-DDE	0.011	0.1	0.05	0.035	0.1	0.05	0.054	0.1	0.05	0.087	0.1	0.05
Endosulfan sulfate	ND	NA	0.05	0.076	NA	0.05	0.047	NA	0.05	0.039	NA	0.05
Aldrin	ND	0.02	0.01	0.06	0.02	0.01	0.037	0.02	0.01	0.042	0.02	0.01
Dimethoate	ND	NA	0.01	0.065	NA	0.01	0.068	NA	0.01	0.080	NA	0.01

MRLs: maximum residue limits; NA: not available; ND: not detected; CA: Codex Alimentarius; EU: European Union.