Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) supplemented about remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.
Notification from RASFF 09/01 – 09/30/2021
Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables. We have selected only the messages that have been classified as “serious”. We have also added the listings for dried fruit.
RASFF fruit & vegetables (September 2021)
| Product | Country | Active substance | Reported (MRL)  | 
| Asparagus beans | India | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,1 (0,01) | 
| Profenofos +) | 0,03 (0,01) | ||
| India | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,12 (0,01) | |
| Profenofos +) | 0,036 (0,01) | ||
| Banana | Ecuador | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,15 (0,01) | 
| Cauliflower (green) | Belgium | Dimethoate | 0,35 (0,01) | 
| Omethoate | 0,056 (0,01) | ||
| Cherry tomatoes | Albania | Buprofezin | 0,1 (0,01) | 
| Cucumbers | Poland | Diclorvos | 0,12 (0,01) | 
| Drumsticks  | India | Monocrotophos +) | 0,15 (0,01) | 
| India | Monocrotophos +) | 0,14 (0,01) | |
| Grapefruit | South Africa | Bromopropylate +) | 0,2 (0,01) | 
| Lemons | Slovenia | Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) | >0,01 | 
| Turkey | Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) | 0,48 (0,01) | |
| Turkey | Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) | 0,497 (0,01) | |
| Turkey | Prochloraz | 1,2 (0,3) | |
| Turkey | Prochloraz | 2,25 (0,3) | |
| Turkey | Prochloraz | 1,88 (0,3) | |
| Turkey | Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) | 0,016 (0,01) | |
| Prochloraz | 0,95 (0,03) | ||
| Nashi pears | China | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,09 (0,01) | 
| Oranges | Egypt | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,062 (0,01) | 
| Egypt | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,11 (0,01) | |
| Egypt | Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,09 (0,01) | |
| Pepper (fresh) | Thailand | Cypermethrin | 6 (0,5) | 
| Turkey | Acetamiprid | 0,768 (0,3) | |
| Turkey | Flonicamid | 0,669 (0,3) | |
| Turkey | Formetanate | 0,497 (0,01) | |
| Plantain | Ecuador | Imazalil | 0,98 (0,01) | 
| Ecuador | Imazalil | 0,66 (0,01) | |
| Pomelos | Vietnam | Propargite +) | 0,23 (0,01) | 
| Fenobucarb +) | 0,032 (0,01) | ||
| Pomegranate | Turkey | Acetamiprid | 0,116 (0,01) | 
| Chlorpyriphos+) | 0,1 (0,01) | ||
| Propiconazol | 0,049 (0,7) | ||
| Raspberries (frozen) | China | Iprodion +) | 0,031 (0,01) | 
| Procymidon +) | 0,16 (0,01) | ||
| Vine leaves | Turkey | Nikcotine +) | 0,048 (0,01) | 
| Metalaxyl | 0,21 (0,01) | ||
| Dithiocarbamate +) | 7 (0,05) | 
+) application is prohibited
 
 Also: Cadmium (0.27 mg/kg) in celery from Poland 
Unauthorised coating E 385 (calcium disodium ETDA) on limes from Colombia, reported by Spain
Listeria monocytogenes on shimeji mushrooms in Belgium
Salmonella in Basil from Egypt
Mould in frozen raspberries from Ukraine, reported by Poland
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