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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.

May 2026

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Apples Argentina Propargite 0,58 (!!) (0,01)
Bottle gourds India Monocrotophos +) 0,051 (0,01)
Carrots Egypt Cadusafos 0,058 (0,01)
Italy Oxamyl +) 0,005 (0,001)
Chili pepper Egypt Chlorfenapyr +) 2,7 (!!!) (0,01)
Clothianidin 0,31 (0,04)
Imidacloprid 5,7 (0,9)
Rwanda Acetamiprid 0,59 (0,09)
Chlopyrifos +)  0,02 (0,01)
Kaki Spain Acetamiprid 0,14 (!) (0,01)
Kiwi Chile Spirodiclofen +) 0,22 (!) (0,02)
South Africa Fenthion 0,47 (!) (0,01)
Lemons (Lama) Turkey Prochloraz 0,913 (!) (0,03)
Lime Brazil Carbofuran +) 0,023 (0,01)
Mango Colombia Cyprodinil 1,7 (!!) (0,02)
Colombia Cyprodinil 0,44 (!) (0,02)
Colombia Cyprodinil 0,88 (!) (0,02)
Oranges Egypt Dimethoate 0,022 (0,01
Egypt Oxamyl +) 0,0052 (0,002)
Peppers, fresh Turkey Fosthiazate 0,194 (0,02)
Turkey Fosthiazate 0,176 (0,02)
Turkey Formetanate 0,704 (!!) (0,01)
Turkey Formetanate 0,107 (!) (0,01)
Prickley pears Colombia Cypermethrin 0,078 (0,05)
Dithiocarbamates 0,3 (0,05)
Omethoate 0,028 (0,01)
Colombia Omethoate 0,043 (0,01)
Mexico Monocrotophos +) 0,34 (!) (0,01)
Tomatoes Turkey Indoxacarb 0,114 (!) (0,01)
Yardlong beans Suriname Carbendazim +) 2,0 (!) (0,2)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Avocado Peru Cadmium 0,07 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)
Berry mixture, frozen Serbia Hepatitis A virus
Enoki mushrooms China Listeria monocytogenes, via the Netherlands 
Garlic China Cadmium 0,074 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)
Mangosten Colombia Cadmium 0,045 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg)
Mung bean sprouts Netherlands Detection of STEC 
Olives, green pitted Morocco Lead 0,158 mg/kg (0,1 mg/kg)
Onions, yellow, peeled France Listeria monocytogenes
Peas, green Philippines MOAH 7,8 (!) mg/kg (0,5 mg/kg)
Soy sprouts Italy Salmonella

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