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.