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Summary of results: all plant producers
Residue monitoring in 2007–2008 for the grains project covered 20 commodities: barley, canola, chickpea, faba bean, field pea, lentil, lupin, maize, mung bean, oat, sorghum, soybean, sunflower, triticale, and wheat (grain, bran and flour), durum wheat (grain and bran), and semolina wheat. Wheat (51%) and barley (21%) comprised the largest proportion of samples collected. Small numbers and, in some cases, no samples were analysed for smaller volume grains, due to the ongoing effects of the drought. In all, 3 435 grain samples were tested. Sample numbers and results of residue testing for the grains project are shown in the summary table.
In the horticulture project, five products were monitored for residues (apple, blueberry, macadamia nut, onion and pear), with 845 samples in all being analysed. The sample numbers and results of residue testing for each commodity are shown in the table.
Detailed comments and results tables follow.
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Commodity |
Number of Samplesa |
Number of analysesb |
Samples compliant with relevant standards (%)c |
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GRAINS PROJECTS |
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COURSE GRAINS |
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Barley |
728 |
41 550 |
99.59 |
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Maize |
5 |
265 |
100.00 |
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Oat |
35 |
1 855 |
100.00 |
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Sorghum |
152 |
8 107 |
99.34 |
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Triticale |
1 |
53 |
100.00 |
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Wheat (grain) |
1 688 |
95 139 |
99.76 |
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Wheat (bran) |
193 |
10 454 |
99.48 |
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Wheat (flour) |
190 |
10 133 |
100.00 |
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Wheat (semolina) |
8 |
424 |
100.00 |
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Wheat (durum) |
5 |
459 |
100.00 |
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Wheat (durum bran) |
5 |
270 |
100.00 |
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PULSES |
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Faba bean |
9 |
480 |
100.00 |
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Field pea |
25 |
1 344 |
100.00 |
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Chickpea |
22 |
1 495 |
100.00 |
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Lentil |
11 |
595 |
90.90 |
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Lupin |
12 |
742 |
100.00 |
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Mung bean |
1 |
53 |
0 |
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OILSEEDS |
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Canola |
340 |
18 964 |
97.64 |
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Soybean |
3 |
159 |
100.0 |
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Sunflower |
2 |
106 |
100.0 |
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Total grains |
3 435 |
192 647 |
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HORTICULTURE PROJECT |
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Apple |
469 |
20 363 |
99.57 |
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Blueberry |
30 |
219 |
100.0 |
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Macadamia nut |
115 |
2 300 |
100.0 |
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Onion |
90 |
2 520 |
100.0 |
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Pear |
141 |
6 204 |
100.0 |
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Total horticulture |
845 |
31 606 |
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Total plant products |
4 280 |
224 253 |
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a Total number of samples collected from commodity.
b Most samples are analysed for more than one chemical. This is the total number of chemical–commodity combinations that were specifically tested in each product type.
c Percentage of samples conforming to Australian Standards.
01 Mar 2010