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

Table 6

Comparisons of average mean concentration of pesticide residues with European Union and Codex Alimentareous standards from the North Bench 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	0.064	0.1	0.05	0.059	0.1	0.05	0.031	0.1	0.05	0.133	0.1	0.05
p,p-DDE	0.066	0.1	0.05	0.058	0.1	0.05	0.044	0.1	0.05	0.057	0.1	0.05
Endosulfan sulfate	0.045	NA	0.05	0.061	NA	0.05	0.049	NA	0.05	0.018	NA	0.05
Aldrin	0.065	0.02	0.01	0.040	0.02	0.01	0.082	0.02	0.01	0.027	0.02	0.01
Dimethoate	ND	NA	0.01	0.077	NA	0.01	0.04	NA	0.01	0.039	NA	0.01

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