Table 5. Pesticides residue excess over Codex default limit.

				Pesticides residues levels in mg/kg
	No. of samples analyzed	No. with detectable residues (%)		Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Codex default limit	% excess over Codex default limit
Onions	163	105	64.4	0.0001	2.4537	0.3194	0.01	96.9
Water melon	19	8	42.1	0.0001	1.3733	0.2195	0.01	95.4
Tomatoes	180	99	55.0	0.0001	1.2549	0.2127	0.01	95.3
Sweet paper	68	37	54.4	0.0001	1.5068	0.1529	0.01	93.5
Chinese cabbage	26	10	38.5	0.0016	0.3198	0.0712	0.01	86
Cucumber	13	3	23.1	0.0008	0.1921	0.0678	0.01	85.3
African nightshade	19	3	15.8	0.0004	0.103	0.0592	0.01	83.1
Carrots	16	4	25.0	0.0019	0.2492	0.0457	0.01	78.1
Amaranths	7	2	28.6	0.0424	0.0424	0.0424	0.01	76.4
Kale	22	5	22.7	0.0006	0.1476	0.0407	0.01	75.4
Ethiopian mustard	7	1	14.3	0.0335	0.0335	0.0335	0.01	70.1
Egg plant	13	5	38.5	0.0026	0.0565	0.0284	0.01	64.8
Green beans	7	1	14.3	0.0146	0.0192	0.0169	0.01	40.9
Cabbage	19	5	26.3	0.0005	0.0215	0.0123	0.01	18.4
Okra	14	3	21.4	0.0018	0.0171	0.0095	0.01