Apple and cucumber mostly and tomato usually
are used uncooked. Pesticides are the part
of majority of chemicals applied on them.
The present investigation determined the pesticide
residues in tomato, apple and cucumber
samples collected from different markets
of Lahore city and compared them with the
limits set by the WHO. It was found that most
of the samples did not contain any detectable
level of residues of any of the nine pesticides
analyzed. Two samples of tomato did have residues
of Imidacloprid but they were within
the MRL. So it was found that most of the
fruit and vegetable samples did not pose a
serious threat to the health of consumers