MONITORING OF DITHIOCARBAMATE FUNGICIDES IN SOME VEGETABLES

GAD ALLA, SOHAIR A.; HASANEEN, HAMDY; FAHMY, SAFAA M.; KHORSHID, MONA A.

doi:10.21608/ejar.1996.431193

MONITORING OF DITHIOCARBAMATE FUNGICIDES IN SOME VEGETABLES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

² Cairo University, Faculty of Secience, Chemistry Department, Giza, Egypt

³ National Organization for Drug Control and Research, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/ejar.1996.431193

Abstract

A market basket survey was carried out during the period (January 1993- December 1993) in four popular local markets in Cairo-Egypt to monitor EBDC residues contaminating three food items, cucumber, tomato and eggplant. Non of the analyzed tomato and eggplant samples were found to exceed the Codex Maximum Residue Limits (MRL's) of EBDC's. In Cucumber samples, the Maximum Residue Limits were exceeded in 15 samples out of 48. Highest residual concentrations were detected during January, February and March in all markets.