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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 November 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]
Apples Chlorpyrifos +) 0,039 (0,01) Ukraine
Beans Lufenuron 0,076 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,022 (0,01) Kenya
Celery Tebuconazole 2,3 (0,5) Belgium
Chili, Capia Formetanate 0,095 (0,01) Albania
Chilis, green Bifenazate 0,023 (0,01) Egypt
Matrine +) 0,026 (0,01)
Chili Acetamiprid 0,72 (0,3) Kenya
Carbendazim +) 0,67 (0,1)
Chlorthalonil 0,056 (0,01)
Clementines Morpholine +) 0,089 (0,01) Spain
Morpholine +) 0,18 (!) (0,01) Spain
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,12 (!) (0,01) Albania
Durian Azoxystrobin 1,2 (!!!) (0,01) Thailand, notified by Italy
Carbendazim +) 0,38 (0,1)
Diemethomorph 0,23 (!) (0,01)
Omethoate +) 0,088 (0,01)
Prochloraz 3 (!!!) (0,03)
Profenofos +) 0,024 (0,01)
Lemons Phosmet +) 0,045 (0,01) Turkey
Prochloraz 0,081 (0,01)
Phosmet +) 0,182 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Mandarines Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,044 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,062 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,115 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Mushrooms (Boletus edulis) Tetramethrin +) 0,33 (!) (0,01) China
Nectarines Acetamiprid 0,36 (0,2) Turkey
Papaya Acephate +) 0,16 (!) (0,01) Brazil
Methamidophos +) 0,025 (0,01)
Pears Phosmet +) 0,016 (0,01) Belgium
Pepper, fresh Methomyl 0,076 (0,01) Turkey
Formetanate 0,846 (!!) (0,01) Turkey
Pitaya, red Carbendazim +) 1,1 (!) (0,1) Thailand
Iprodione 0,038 (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,042 (0,01)
Pomegranate Acetamiprid 0,27 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Raspberries (frozen) Bifenazate 0,015 (0,01) Ukraine, via Germany
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,019 (0,01)
Flutriafol 0,026 (0,01)
Rose leaves Profenofos +) 0,3 (0,1) Turkey
Triazophos 0,063 (0,01)
Table grapes Acetamiprid 3,2 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 2,2 (0,5) Turkey
Pyriproxyfen 0,067 (0,01)
Formetanate 0,9 (0,1) Italy
Acetamiprid 1,5 (0,5) Turkey
Acetamiprid 3,0 (0,5) Turkey
Pyriproxifen 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Fenamidon 0,084 (0,01) Brazil
Tomatoes Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,15 (0,07) Morocco
Indoxacarb 0,2 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Wine leaves Acetamiprid 0,41 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Boscalid 0,11 (!) (0,01
Carbendazim +) 0,65 (0,1)
Clofentezine 0,076 (0,02)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,013 (0,01)
Difenoconazole 0,28 (0,05)
Imidacloprid 0,27 (!) (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,22 (!) (0,01)
Propiconazole 0,19 (!) (0,01)
Thiacloprid 0,063 (0,01)
Acetamiprid 0,21 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Azoxystrobin 0,054 (0,01)
Benomyl/Carbenazim 2,2 (!) (0,1)
Cypermethrin 0,36 (0,05)
Dimethomorph 0,78 (!!) (0,01)
Diniconazole 0,11 (!) (0,01)
Imidacloprid 0,41 (!) (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,99 (!!!) (0,01)
Thiophanate-methyl 8,1 (!!) (0,1)
Zucchini Chlorpyrifos +) 0,05 (0,01) Spain

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Alfalfa sprouts  Salmonella thyphimurium  outbreak in Sweden Italy
Avocado Cadmium 0,07 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) Colombia
Blackberries Norovirus Serbia
Celery Too high bromide content 54 mg/kg (30 mg/kg) United Kingdom
Cranberries, frozen Too high content of benzoic acid 597 mg/kg Ukraine
Papaya , green Unauthorised GMO Mexico, notifed by Denmark
Rocket Salmonella Napoli (1), Salmonella Stanleyville (1) Italy (2)
Spinach Nitrate 4.400 mg/kg) (3.500 mg/kg) Italy
Strawberry juice Arsenic 0,077 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) 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, AGROLAB GROUP