Determination of pesticide residues in fruits of Nawabshah district,Sindh,Pakistan

Eight fruit samples of apple,guava,orange,grapes,pear,persimmon,banana and pear purchased from the local markets of nawabshah district,sindh and residues of pesticide of organophosphate (op),pyrethroid and organochlorine (oc) (i.e.,dichlorvos,fenvalerate,dimethoate,methyl parathion,fenitrothion,cypermethrin,endosulfan,deltamethrin,mevinphos,chlorpyriphos,profenofos and dicofol) were monitored in fruit samples by gas chromatography (gc). all the fruit samples were found contaminated except banana and among these only apple samples were found exceeding the maximum residue limits (mrl) of codex alimentarius commission.