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Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and  selective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF.

 

Notification from RASFF September 2024

 

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 (September 2024)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Avocado Perchlorate +) 0,50 (!) (0,05) Peru
Bananas Chlorpyrifos +) 0,03 (0,01) Ecuador
Courgettes, organic Heptachlor +) 0,011 (0,01) Belgium
Grapes Acetamiprid 0,88 (0,5) Italy
Limes Chlorpyrifos +) 0,054 (0,01) Brazil
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,06 (0,01)
Mangoes (frozen) Chlorate +) 0,68 (0,3) Peru
Nectarines Formetanate 0,2 (!) (0,01) Spain
Passion fruit Difenoconazole 0,22 (0,1)  Colombia
Peaches Phosmet +) 0,071 (0,01) Greece
Pears Phosmet +) 0,035 (0,005) Turkey
Phosmet +) 0,14 (!) (0,005) Turkey
Pyriproxyfen 0,028 (0,01)
Peppers, sweet Acetamiprid 0,93 (0,3) Turkey
Acetamiprid 0,93 (0,3) Hungary
Formetanate 0,043 (0,01) North Macedonia
Formetanate 0,1 (!) (0,01) Albania
Pirimiphos-methyl 0,044 (0,01)
Formetanat 0,757 (!!) (0,01) Turkey
Pomegranates Acetamiprid 0,066 (0,01) Turkey
Cypermethrin 0,169 (0,05)
Malathion 0,06 (0,02)
Pyraclostrobin 0,137 (0,02)
Cypermethrin 0,155 (0,05) Turkey
Tebuconazole 0,113 (0,02)
Tomatoes Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,03 (0,01) Turkey
Indoxacarb 0,031 (0,01) Turkey
Water celery Acetamiprid 0,13 (!) (0,01) Vietnam
Buprofezin 0,83 (!!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr 0,15 (!) (0,01)
Dithiocarbamates 1,10 (!) (0,05)
Hexythiazox 0,71 (!!) (0,01)
Profenofos +) 2,3 (!!!) (0,01)
Yams roots Carbendazim +) 0,55 (0,1) China
Clothianidin 0,077 (0,01)
Prochloraz 1,5 (!!) (0,03)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,103 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) Peru
Cherry tomatoes Cadmium 0,065 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Italy
Coleslaw Undeclared allergens milk and celery in spicy coleslaw Netherlands
Rocket Salmonella Italy
Salad, ready-to-eat Listeria monocytogenes in 25g France
Sprouts Salmonella Netherlands
Tomatoes Cadmium 0,06 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Bosnia & Herzegovina

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