Table 6.
Occurrence of glyphosate in cereals and cereal products.
| Country | Matrix | Number of Samples | Detection Frequency (%) | Minimum (μg/kg) |
Mean (μg/kg) |
Maximum (μg/kg) |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | Breakfast Cereals | 10 | 80 | <1 | 50.8 | 291 | [47] |
| Wheat | 18 | 88.9 | <1 | 134.9 | 421 | ||
| Snacks | 11 | 36.4 | <1 | 3.7 | 17.9 | ||
| Bread | 10 | 70 | <1 | 6.9 | 45.8 | ||
| Wheat Flower | 28 | 28.6 | <1 | 10.6 | 133 | ||
| Pseudo cereals | 3 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | ||
| Other cereals | 13 | 15.4 | <1 | 1.2 | 12.4 | ||
| Italy | Wheat flower | 4 | 0 | <30 | <30 | <30 | [86] |
| Wheat seeds | 1 | 100 | 243,000 | 243,000 | 243,000 | ||
| France | Breakfast Cereals | 2 | 100 | 6 | 20 | 34 | [91] |
| Several European Countries | Wheat | 676 | 9.0 | nd | nd | nd | [93] |
| Rye | 534 | 3.4 | nd | nd | nd | ||
| Rice | 266 | 0.4 | nd | nd | nd | ||
| Oat | 61 | 4.9 | nd | nd | nd | ||
| Barley | 51 | 23.5 | nd | nd | nd | ||
| Linseeds | 48 | 16.7 | nd | nd | nd | ||
| Pseudo cereals | 45 | 8.9 | nd | nd | nd |
nd—not determined.