Dosage des résidus de pesticides par GC-MS dans des échantillons de la menthe commercialises au Maroc

Mohammed Jbilou1, Khalid Laarej1, Rachid Alami1*, Abdelaziz Bouklouze2, Yahia Cherrah2, Adil El Yadini3 and My Elabbes Faouzi4

The sale of fresh mint in Morocco is not strictly controlled as for that which is intended for export to the European Union, which increases the risks of the contamination of mint tea consumers and constitutes a problem of public health. The method of dosing pesticides in fresh mint by GC-MS that we have developed and validated allowed us to high light contamination by pesticide residues (carbofuran, bifenthrin, chlopyriphos methyl and Fenpropathrin) in samples of mint fresh from sampled sale and temara, this contamination exceeds the MRLs. Regular control of the sale of fresh mint should be practiced to prevent repetitive contamination of local consumers by pesticide residues.