Almost all results showed recoveries in the range considered acceptable (70–120% – SANCO, 2013) as indicated in Fig. 4. Some analytes (11 from 116) had recoveries out the acceptable range at the level of 0.010 mg/kg and, therefore, the LOQ was higher for these pesticides. Most of the analytes showed recoveries between 91 and 100% and the variation coefficient was, in general, within the range of 10–15% (Fig. 4).