Sample

Village

Concentration

of chlorpyrifos

(µg/g)

MRL by CODEX Alimentarius commission(µg/g)

Remarks

Irish potatoes

Njong

1.5

2.0

Below MRL, safe for consumption

Celery

Mbei

0.6

1.0

Below MRLs, safe for consumption

Tomato

Pinyin

2.0

1.0

Doubles MRLs, not safe for human consumption

Baligham

1.8

1.0

Far above MRLs, not safe for human consumption

Sweet pepper

Baligham

0.9

2.0

Below MRLs, safe for consumption

Mbei

1.9

2.0

Very closed to MRLs

Pinyin

1.4

2.0

Below MRLs, safe for consumption