Pesticides in Food for Example Tomatoes

Pesticides in the broader sense are considered all crop protection products and all other pesticides. More understandable for the “average Joe” are maybe the terms with the following examples: to combat blight on grape vines a crop protection product is used, and to combat worms in apples, pears or also the cankers in cabbage, a pesticide is used.

Each analysis requires the provision of a representative sample from the entire sample amount. Therefore, as a rule larger amounts of the product are usually available and it has to be ensured that through comminution and sample dividing, that a representative sample is added to the analysis instrument.