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

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

 

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

 

November 2025

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Celery, green Belgium Tebuconazole 0,91 (0,5)
Cucumbers Turkey Fosthiazate 0,1 (0,02)
Cucumbers, mini Portugal Flonicamid 0,73 (0,5)
Dill, fresh Uzbekistan Cypermethrin 0,023 (0,03)
Penconazole 0,1 (0,03)
Profenofos  +) 0,08 (0,03)
Kale Belgium Deltamethrin 0,34 & 0,37 (0,15)
Limes Peru Phentoate +) 0,2 (!) (0,01
Pak Choi Shanghai Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,4 (0,3)
Peppers, fresh  Netherlands Ethephon 2,45 (!!) (0,05)
Peru Acetamiprid 0,21 (0,09)
Chlorfenapyr 0,26 (!) (0,01)
Clotinaidin 0,18 (0,04)
Dinotefuran +) 0,47 (!) (0,01)
Fipronil +) 0,036 (0,006)
Phenthoate +) 0,032 (0,01)
Turkey Fosthiazate 0,190 (0,02)
Pomegranates Turkey Acetamiprid 0,091 (0,01)
Pyriproxifen 0,042 (0,01)
Rhambutan Vietnam Acephate  +) 0,17 (!) (0,01)
Cypermethrin 0,11 (0,05)
Flubendiamid 0,23 (!) (0,01)
Methamidophos +) 0,44 (!) (0,01)
Raspberries (frozen) Poland Chlorpyriphos +) 0,022 (0,01)
Savoy cabbage Belgium Prothioconazole 0,41 (0,09)
Table grapes, red Italy Acetamiprid 0,42 (0,08)
Table grapes, white Greece Acetamiprid 0,56 (0,08)
Greece Acetamiprid 0,58 (0,08)
Table grapes Italy Acetamiprid 0,14 (0,08)
Turkey Acetamiprid 0,72 (0,08)
White fungus (Tremella fuciformis) Hongkong Methomyl 0,46 (!) (0,01
Yardlong beans Sri Lanka Carbofuran 0,087 (0,01)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Coconut Indonesia Salmonella (2)
Enoki mushrooms China Listeria monocytogenes
Raspberries frozen Serbia Cadmium
Spinach Spain Nitrate 7900 mg/kg und 5750 mg/kg (3500 mg/kg)
Wild mushrooms (black truffles)  China Cadmium 0,67 mg/kg (0,5 mg/kg)

 

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