PMID- 11569768
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011004
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0265-203X (Print)
IS  - 0265-203X (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 10
DP  - 2001 Oct
TI  - Pesticide residues in grapes and wine in Italy.
PG  - 880-5
AB  - Two hundred and one pesticides comprising 84 fungicides, 88 insecticides and 29 
      herbicides are registered in Italy for use on grapes. Recently, the maximum 
      residue limits (MRLs) for 16 fungicides and five insecticides were established 
      for wine. However, literature data shows that some MRLs for wine are not 
      consistent with the corresponding values for grapes. In Italy, the Ministry of 
      Health has the responsibility for checking pesticide contamination in fruit and 
      vegetables in general distribution (i.e. grocery shops, food stores). From 1996 
      to 1999, out of 1532 grape samples analysed, levels of 1.0, 0.9, 1.8 and 1.9% in 
      each year respectively were contaminated. As part of the National Residue 
      Monitoring Programme, the Ministry of Agriculture carried out investigations of 
      samples collected directly from the field (therefore of a known pesticide 
      treatment history) in order to find the causes of the observed irregularities and 
      to identify preventative measures. In 1996, 1998 and 1999, out of 481, 1195 and 
      1949 grape samples analysed, 7.9, 6.5 and 2.5% respectively were contaminated, 
      while no residues were detected in 259 wine samples. The National Observatory on 
      Pesticide Residues collects data from analyses performed by highly reliable, 
      non-institutional laboratories on samples from farming cooperatives or individual 
      forms, food companies, wholesale and retail markets. Of the 846 grapes samples 
      and 190 wine samples collected in 1998 and 1999, a total of 6.1 and 2.1% 
      respectively of grapes and 0% for all wine samples were found to contain 
      residues.
FAU - Cabras, P
AU  - Cabras P
AD  - Dipartimento di Tossicologia, Universita di Cagliari, Italy. pcabras@unica.it
FAU - Conte, E
AU  - Conte E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Food Addit Contam
JT  - Food additives and contaminants
JID - 8500474
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy
MH  - Maximum Allowable Concentration
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Rosales/*chemistry
MH  - Wine/*analysis
EDAT- 2001/09/25 10:00
MHDA- 2001/10/05 10:01
CRDT- 2001/09/25 10:00
PHST- 2001/09/25 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/10/05 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/09/25 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/02652030120491 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Addit Contam. 2001 Oct;18(10):880-5. doi: 10.1080/02652030120491.