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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.

April 2026

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Celery Spain Cypermethrin 0,18 (0,05)
Chili pepper Turkey Fosthiazate 0,130 (0,02)
Suriname Carbendazim 0,37 (!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Diafenthiuron +) 0,15 (!) (0,01)
Uganda Cypermethrin 0,81 (0,5)
Choisam Thailand Acetamiprid 0,11 (0,06)
Cucumbers Turkey Etoxazole 0,02 (0,01)
Formetanate 0,112 (!) (0,01)
Dill (fresh) Uzbekistan Imidacloprid 3,8 (!!) (0,05)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 1,4 (0,7)
Kale Spain Perchlorate 0,17 (0,01)
Mango Colombia Prochloraz 1,6 (!!) (0,03)
Pears South Africa Methomyl 0,025 (0,01)
Peppers, bell pepper Morocco, via Spain Avermectin B1a 0,13 (!) (0,01) 
Peppers, fresh Turkey Indoxacarb 0,131 (!) (0,01)
Tebufenpyrad 0,023 (0,01)
Turkey Etoxazole 0,071 (0,01)
Fosthiazate 0,087 (0,02)
Turkey Abamectin 0,064 (0,03)
Pirimiphos-methyl 0,172 (!) (0,01)
Turkey Abamectin 0,096 (0,03)
Peppers, frozen China Flonicamid 0,67 (0,3)
Iprodione 0,011 (0,01)
Thiamethoxam 0,022 (0,01)
Tolfenpyrad 0,016 (0,01)
Peppers, red pointed Netherlands Flonicamid 0,59 (0,3)
Pineapple Benin Ethephon 9,8 (2)
Pomegranate Turkey Imazalil 0,611 (!!) (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,699 (!) (0,03)
Turkey Azoxystrobin 0,026 (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,77 (!) (0,03)
Turkey Imazalil 0,848 (!!) (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,597 (!) (0,03)
Potatoes Greece Fosthiazate 0,046 (0,02)
Strawberries, frozen Egypt Oxamyl 0,034 (!) (0,001)
Poland Dimethoate 0,031 (0,01)
Tamarillo Burundi  Acetamiprid 0,026 (0,01)
Chlopyrifos +)  0,018 (0,01)
Omethoate 0,019 (0,01)
Tomatoes Turkey Acetamiprid 0,259 (0,06)
Turkey Indoxacarb 0,143 (!) (0,01) 
Turkey Acetamiprid 0,23 (0,06)
Indoxacarb 0,031 (0,01)
Yuzu South Korea Fenitrothion 0,43 (!) (0,01)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Avocado Peru Cadmium 0,11 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)
Spain Lead 0,39 mg/kg (0,1 mg/kg)
Baby corn Kenya Listeria monocytogenes
Betel leaves India Salmonella
Enoki mushrooms China Listeria monocytogenes (2)
Garlic China Cadmium 0,092 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)
Peas, green Philippines Mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) 6,1 mg/kg (1,0 mg/kg)
Raspberries Serbia Cadmium 0,071 mg/kg (0,04 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