Investigation of Pesticide Residue Levels in Fruit and Vegetables Collected from Three Farmers Market in ？zmir Province

In this study, the total pesticide residue levels of 42 fruit and vegetable samples (grape leaves (Vitis vinifera), strawberry (Fragaria ananassa), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), cherry (Prunus avium), peach (Prunus persica), zucchini (Cucurbita pepo), eggplant (Solanum melongena), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), grape (Vitis vinifera), pepper (Capsicum annuum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), orange (Citrus sinensis), pomegranate (Punica granatum) and lemon (Citrus limon) collected from Buca, Bornova and Kar？？yaka farmers markets in ？zmir province were investigated. The samples were extracted with QuEChERS method, and pesticide active substances were determined in LC-MS / MS and GC / MS instruments. According to the analysis results, the residue levels were evaluated according to Turkish Food Codex and EU MRLs. According to the results obtained, while boscalid and dimethomorph, a fungicide derivative in the grapevine leaf, were at very high values, the myclobutanil and penconazole were close to the limit values. Fenvalarate and esfenvalarate derivatives, which are insecticides in orange, were at high values. In lemon, insecticides chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and pyriproxyfen were observed at high values, while fenvalarate and esfenvalarate were found near to border values. In other samples, pesticide values remained below the limit levels and were not even observed. There were no pesticide residues on 35 of the 42 samples examined