Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) for fruit & vegetables

RASFF

Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF).

  

Notification from RASFF 10/01 – 10/31/2023

 

Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables.

 

Our tip: Be careful with imports from Turkey and Egypt. In vine leaves from Egypt, the residue load is currently very high in terms of the number of active substances detected and maximum levels exceeded. Note that the EU import controls are only spot checks.

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (OctoBER 2023)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Anet leaves Carbofuran +) 0,06 (0,02) Thailand
Dimethoate +) 0,07 (0,02)
Omethoate +) 0,27 (!) (0,02)
Bananas Chlorpyrifos +) 0,019 (0,01) Peru
Blackberries Iprodion +) 0,023 (0,01) Serbia
Cabbage Chlorpyrifos +) >0,01 (0,01) Rep.of North-Macedonia
Chilli Chlorfenapyr +) 0,032 (0,01) Cambodia
Hexaconazole +) 0,051 (0,01)
Propiconazole 0,08 (0,01)
Acephate +) 0,18 (!) (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,064 (0,01)
Chinese cabbage Chlorpyrifos +) 0,068 (0,01) Poland
Cinnamon apples Methomyl 0,36 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Cucumber Formetanate 0,17 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Kaki Chlorpyrifos +) 0,082 (0,01)  Spain
Kiwi Iprodione 0,04 (0,02)  Chile
Lemons Buprofezin 0,077 (0,01) Turkey
Nashi pears Chlormequat 1,0 (!!!) (0,01) China
Okra, frozen Chlorpyrifos +) 0,035 (0,01)  Egypt
Peaches Fenthion +) 1,0 (!!!) (0,01)  Spain
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,029 (0,01) Greece
Peaches, flat Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,51 (0,15) Spain
Difenconazol 0,96 (0,5)
Tebuconazol 1,4 (0,6)
Pears Anthraquinone +) 0,037 (0,01) Belgium
Peppers Acetamiprid 0,673 (0,3) Turkey
Formetanate 0,091 (0,01)
Formetanate 0,140 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Buprofezin 0,119 (!!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,291 (!!) (0,01)
Etoxazole 0,044 (0,01)
Buprofezin 0,031  (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,234 (!!) (0,01)
Triadimenol 0,056 (0,01)
Peppers sweet, frozen Chlorpyrifos +) 0,1 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Fenamiphos 0,07 (0,01)
Methomyl 0,11 (0,04) 
Profenofos 0,17 (!) (0,01)
Propargite 0,027 (0,01)
Tetramethrin +) 0,029 (!) (0,01)
Pineapple Ethephon  2,1 (2,0) Ghana
Pitahaya Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,043 (0,01) Vietnam
Cypermethrin 0,16 (0,05)
Thiamethoxam 0,031 (0,01)
Carbendazim 0,45 (0,1) Vietnam
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,023 (0,01)
Cypermethrin 0,13 (0,05) Colombia
Plums, red Acetamiprid 0,089 (0,01) Italy
Pomegranate Cypermethrin 0,315 (0,05) Turkey
Acetamiprid 0,071 (0,01) Turkey
Cypermethrin 0,439 (0,05)
Fenvalerate 0,393 (!) (0,02)
Spirodiclofen +) 0,049 (0,02)
Tebuconazol 0,044 (0,01)
Radish Perchlorate 0,082 (0,05 Netherlands
Strawberries Spinosad 0,87 (0,3) Germany
 

+) application is prohibited

 MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Bamboo shoots, cooked novel food  (Bambusa vulgaris)  China
Pepper, red,  diced, frozen Cadmium 0,033 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Poland
Spring onions Cadmium 0,27 mg/kg (0,03 mg/kg) Germany
Sprouts Norovirus Belgium

All information without liability.

 
YOUR PLUS: The RASFF alerts serve as another indicator to reconsider risk decisions and adjust sampling plans.
 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger