Pesticide Use Surveys of Small Species Vegetables and Product Safety Risk Assessment in Hubei Province

PENG Xi-tian;GONG Yan;WANG Xiao-fei;HU Xi-zhou;ZHANG Xian;PENG Mao-ming;LIU Li;PENG Li-jun;HU Ding-jin;XIA Hong;Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology Research,Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science/Laboratory of Quality &Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-products (Wuhan),Ministry of Agriculture;

small species vegetables;;pesticide residues;;risk assessment;;risk sort

Unlike the staple vegetables, the planting areas of small species vegetables are small, and there are only few registration of pesticide species in small species vegetables. However, it is necessary to use amount of pesticides to control pest and disease damage in the actual production. At the same time, the quality of small species vegetables belongs to the blind spots of agricultural sector safety regulatory and their quality and safety are unknown. Therefore,this study collected 150 samples of small species vegetables including chives, crowndaisy chrysanthemum, leaf lettuce, coriander, kale, flowering Chinese cabbage, cherry tomatoes, pumpkin, mustard, in the four regions of Hubei province. The common diseases and pesticide usage in the production of these vegetables were investigated, while pesticide risk factors in the vegetables were detected. According to the UK FSA risk ranking system, pesticide residues risk factors detected in vegetables were ordered. Investigation and verification results showed that excessive and restriction of pesticides in some samples are detectable, and pesticide multi-residues phenomenon are very common, which brings certain risks to the quality and safety of small species vegetable. To solve the above problems, it is recommended to speed up the establishment of pesticide maximum residue limits standards in the small species vegetables, provide suggestions and countermeasures for agriculture authorities, guarantee the quality and safety of small species vegetables.