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RASFF - Current postings for fruit & vegetables (for other food see separate article)

RASFF

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

Notification from RASFF October 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 

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Apricots (frozen) Cyfluthrin 0,36 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Imidacloprid 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Methomyl 0,044 (0,01)
Avocado  Azoxystrobin 0,011 (0,01) South Africa
Prochloraz 0,60 (!) (0,03)
Celery, green Tebuconazole 1,4 (0,5) Belgium
Celery root Fosthiazate 0,36 (!) (0,02) Poland
Cherries, sweet Dimethoate +) 0,012 (0,01) Austria
Omethoate +) 0,016 (0,01)
Cucumbers Chlorpyrifos +) 0,06 (0,01) Serbia
Ginger Tebufenpyrad 4,2 (!!) (0,05) Peru
Iceberg salad Cyfluthrin +) 0,086 (0,01) Egypt
Dimethoate +) 0,14 (!) (0,01)
Lufenuron +) 0,049 (0,01)
Omethoate +) 0,052 (0,01)
Lemons Chlorfenapyr +) 0,077 (0,01) Israel
Formetanate 0,21 (!) (0,01)
Flutriafol 0,24 (!) (0,01)
Lufenuron 0,26 (!) (0,01)
Lime Chlorpyrifos +) 0,032 (0,01) Brazil
Passion fruit Carbendazim 0,45 (0,1) Colombia
Pears Diflubenzuron +) 0,039 (0,01) Turkey
Diflubenzuron +) 0,052 (0,01) Turkey
Peppers, sweet Hexaconazole 0,045 (0,01) Kenya
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,126 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,106 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,033 (0,01) Uzbekistan
Formetanate 0,12 (!) (0,01) Albany
Pitahaya Alpha-Cypermethrin 0,086 (0,05) Thailand
Propiconazole +) 0,087 (0,01)
Pomegranates Fenpropathrin 0,86 (0,01) Turkey
Pyriproxyfen 0,061 (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,046 (0,01)
Acetamiprid 0,112 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Acetamiprid 0,121 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Pyriproxyfen 0,094 (0,01)
Pumpkins Acephate +) 0,29 (!) (0,01) India
Methamidophos +) 0,026 (0,01)
Rambutan Cypermethrin 0,5 (!) (0,05) India
Difenoconazole 0,3 (0,1)
Salad mix Chlorpyrifos +) 0,077 (0,01) North Macedonia
Sugar snap peas Chlorthalonil 0,042 (0,01) Kenya
Table grapes Acetamiprid 1,5 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,6 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,5 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,2 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,2 (0,5) Turkey
Pyriproxifen 0,012 (0,01)
Phosmet +) 0,022 (0,01) South Africa
Tomatoes Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,07 (0,01) Turkey
Indoxacarb 0,11 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,055 (0,01) Turkey
Indoxacarb 0,026 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,079 (0,01) Turkey
Wine leaves Acetamiprid 0,41(!) (0,01) Egypt
Boscalid 3,8 (!!!) (0,01)
Cypermethrin 2,6 (!!) (0,05)
Imidacloprid 3,9 (!!!) (0,01)
Penconazole 0,09 (0,01)
Yardlong beans Chlorpyrifos +) 0,013 (0,01) India

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Basil (frozen) Salmonella Italy
Chili (rawit red) Cadmium 0,039 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Moroco
Lamb's lettuce mix Verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) Netherlands
Pepper, red Cadmium 0,026 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Bosnia & Herzegovina
Rocket salad Salmonella (4) Italy (3), Switzerland (1)
Spinach, frozen Cadmium 0,29 mg/kg (0,2 mg/kg) Belgium, widely distributed
Spinach Salmonella Umbilo in organic leaf spinach  Italy
Tomatoes High content of cadmium  0,094 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) and chlorpyrifos (0,079 mg/kg) (see above) Turkey

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, AGROLAB GROUP