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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 05/01 – 05/31/2023

 

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

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (May 2023)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Avocado Matrine +) 0,026 (0,01)  Peru
Beans (Seen beans) Quinalphos +) 0,042 (0,01) Bangladesh
Asparagus Imidacloprid 0,029 (0,01) China
Isoprocarb +) 0,32 (!) (0,01)
Prometryn +) 0,027 (0,01)
Beans, green Acephate +) 0,022 (0,01) Kenya
Beans (with pods) Flutriafol 0,026 (0,01) Kenya
Beans, black-eyed Chlorpyrifos +) 0,28 (!) (0,01)  Madagascar
Beans, long frozen & cut Bifenthrin 0,025 (0,01) China
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,13 (!) (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,033 (0,01)
Famoxadone 0,002 (0,01)
Isocarbophos +) 0,059 (0,01)
Lufenuron 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Beans, yardlong Omethoate 0,052 (0,01) India
Broccoli florets, frozen Chlorpyrifos +) 0,057 (0,01) Poland
Carrots Linuron +) 0,031 (0,01) Egypt
Chili peppers Chlorpyrifos +) 0,079 (0,01) Senegal
Grapefruit Chlorpyrifos +) 0,047 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,13 (!) (0,01) 
Lauki Long Indian (squash) Chlorpyrifos +) 0,019 (0,01) India
Lemons Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) +) 3 (!) (0,1) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,02 (0,01)  Turkey
Imazalil 10,606 (5) Turkey
Prochloraz+) 1,847 (!!) (0,03) Turkey
Mangetout, Snow peas Chlorpyrifos +) 0,014 (0,01)  Kenya
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,066 (0,01)  Kenya
Metalaxyl 0,051 (0,01)
Nashi Pears Chlorpyrifos +) 0,06 (0,01)  China
Oranges Chlorpyrifos +) 0,025 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,076 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,041 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,021 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,04 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,038 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorfenapyr +) detected (0,01) Egypt
Phosmet detected (0,5)
Papaya Acephate +) 0,1 (!) (0,01) Brazil
Parsley root Aclonifen 0,053 (0,01) Poland
Linuron +) 0,049 (0,01)
Pears Chlormequat +) 0,75 (!) (0,07) Netherland
Pepper, fresh Acetamiprid 4,244 (!) (0,3) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,743 (0,3) Turkey
Acetamiprid 0,885 (0,3) Turkey
Aldicarb +) 0,064 (0,02) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos methyl +) 0,059 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos methyl +) 0,111 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Formetanat 0,194 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Methiocarb +) 0,791 (!) (0,03) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,760 (!) (0,3) Turkey
Flonicamid 1,554 (!) (0,3)
Potatoes, new white Oxamyl 0,075 (0,01) Greece
Tangerines Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) +) 0,3 (0,1) Turkey
Thyme Chlorothalonil +) 0,067 (0,02) Kenya
Tomatoes Chlorpyrifos +) 0,023 (0,01)  Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,048 (0,01)  Turkey

 

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications 

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Beans, green  Solanum nigrum - biotoxins (other) in organic green beans  Netherlands
Blueberries, frozen Hepatitis A virus Poland
Broccoli, frozen Listeria monocytogenes  Poland
Pineapple chunks, frozen Cadmium Costa Rica, via Germany
Raspberries, frozen Cadmium 0,8 mg/kg (0,4 mg/kg) Serbia
Sprouts Bacillus cereus (>900.000 cfu/g) Germany

 

 

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