Pesticide residues in Greek apples with protected geographical indication or designation of origin

Changes of pesticide residues in apples during cold storage

The dynamics of incurred pesticide residues in apples, variety Melrose, was monitored during their cold storage at 1–3 C for 5 months. Of 21 active ingredients contained in pesticide preparations applied within four experimental pre-harvest regimes, only six fungicides (captan, cyprodinyl, dodine, pyrimethanil, tebuconazole, tolyfluanid) and one insecticide (phosalone) were detected at the time...

International Marketing and Trade of Protected Designation of Origin Products

A fast chemometric procedure based on NIR data for authentication of honey with protected geographical indication.

In this work, information contained in near infrared (NIR) spectra of honeys with protected geographical indication (PGI) "Mel de Galicia" was processed by means of different chemometric techniques to develop an authentication system for this high quality food product. Honey spectra were obtained in a fast and single way, and they were pretreated by means of standard normal variate transformati...

Baby food production chain: pesticide residues in fresh apples and products.

During 3 years of a monitoring programme, 522 samples of fresh apples, six brands of fruit purées and various types of fruit baby food prepared from these materials were analysed. Each sample was examined for the presence of 86 GC amenable pesticide residues. The reporting limits of the procedure employed for sample analyses were in the range 0.003-0.01 mg kg(-1). Pesticide residues were detect...

Lamb meat quality of two breeds with protected origin designation. Influence of breed, sex and live weight.

Lamb meat quality of two Portuguese products was examined. The influences of slaughter weight, sex and breed on eating quality were evaluated. Data were obtained from 72 lambs of two different breeds with protected designation origin. In accord with the normal slaughter weight in the region three classes were considered: A: 9-14kg live weight; B: 14-19kg live weight and C: 19-24kg live weight. ...