Pesticide residue levels in strawberries and human health risk assessment

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dc.authorid0000-0001-5034-1370
dc.contributor.authorKeklik, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorOdabas, Eylem
dc.contributor.authorGolge, Ozgur
dc.contributor.authorKabak, Bulent
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-24T12:31:13Z
dc.date.available2026-01-24T12:31:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentAlanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPesticides have been a primary tool in pest management worldwide. However, pesticide contamination is a major food safety risk in the fresh food supply chain. This study aims to monitor 240 pesticide residues in 245 strawberry samples and assess the health risk for Turkish adult and child consumer groups. Over three consecutive harvest years (2021-2023), strawberries were collected from farmers in the Ayd & imath;n region of Turkey and analysed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Out of the 245 strawberry samples analysed, 61.6% contained 32 different pesticides (17 fungicides and 15 insecticides), five of which were non-approved. Additionally, 6.5 % of the strawberry samples exceeded the European Union Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). Multiple residues were recorded in 42.9% of strawberry samples. Pyrimethanil was the most commonly identified pesticide (30.2 %), followed by boscalid (27.4 %), fluopyram (17.1 %), and bifenazate (15.1 %). In the worst-case scenario, cumulative exposure to pesticides through strawberry consumption was determined to be 6.5 x 10-5 mg kg-1 b.w. day-1 for adults and 2.0 x 10-4 mg kg-1 b.w. day-1 for children. The hazard index (HI) values, under the worst-case scenario, were calculated to be 0.32 % for adults and 0.97 % for children. These results indicate that there is no cause for concern regarding cumulative exposure to residues through strawberry consumption for the Turkish population.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Council of Hitit University [FBE19004.20.007]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Scientific Research Council of Hitit University (project no. FBE19004.20.007) .
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106943
dc.identifier.issn0889-1575
dc.identifier.issn1096-0481
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85208406597
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106943
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/5734
dc.identifier.volume137
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001354967600001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc Elsevier Science
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Food Composition and Analysis
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260121
dc.subjectpesticides
dc.subjectdietary exposure
dc.subjectmethod validation
dc.subjectQuEChERS
dc.subjectLC-MS/MS
dc.titlePesticide residue levels in strawberries and human health risk assessment
dc.typeArticle

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