Research Article
Pesticide Residues and Unauthorized Dyes as Adulteration Markers in Chilli Pepper and Tomato
Table 2
Categories of hazards for chilli pepper and tomato identified as reported by the RASFF portal (1980 to 2020).
| | Hazard types | Chilli pepper | Tomato |
| | Composition | 92 | | 6 | | Pesticide residues | 104 | | 94 | | Mycotoxins | 26 | | 2 | | Foreign bodies | — | | 19 | | Food additives and flavourings | 1 | | 28 | | Metals | — | | 6 | | Migration | — | | 15 | | Microbial contamination (moulds/others) | 4 | | 22 | | Allergens | — | | 3 | | Adulteration/fraud | 3 | | 1 | | Organoleptic aspects (deterioration) | 1 | | 8 | | Environmental pollutants | 1 | | 4 | | Packaging defective | — | | 6 |
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