Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF)

: Published: 09 November 2020

Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) supplemented with remarkable results found in our own laboratories in residue analysis.

Notification from RASFF 10/01/ – 10/31/2020

Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables. We have selected only the messages that have been classified as “serious”. We have also added the listings for dried fruit.

RASFF fruit & vegetables (October 2020)

Product	Country	Active substance	Reported (MRL) [mg/kg; ppm]
Chillies, red	Laos	Carbendazim⁺⁾	0,45 (0,1)
		Hexaconazole⁺⁾	0,035 (0,01)
		Tricyclazole	0,024 (0,01)
Chinese chives	Thailand	Cypermethrin	3,7 (2)
Chinese chives	Thailand	Lufenuron	0,15 (0,02)
Cucumbers	Greece	Oxamyl	1,2 (0,01)
Mandarins	Turkey	Esfenvalerate	0,316 (0,02)
	Turkey	Esfenvalerate	0,317 (0,02)
	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,315 (0,02)
	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,299 (0,02)
	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,320 (0,02)
	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,309 (0,02)
	Turkey	Prochloraz	0,423 (0,03)
	Turkey	Esfenvalerate	0,394 (0,02)
	Turkey	Prochloraz	0,696 (0,03)
	Turkey	Prochloraz	1,927 (0,03)
	Turkey	Prochloraz	8,965 (0,03)
	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,138 (0,02)
	Turkey	Prochloraz	1,846 (0,03)
Mandarins, chilled	Turkey	Fenvalerate	0,357 (0,02)
Peppers	Republic of North Macedonia	Formetanate	0,13 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pirimiphos-methyl	0,043 (0,01)
	Turkey	Formetanate	0,232 (0,01)
	Turkey	Fosthiazate	0,216 (0,02)
	Turkey	Pirimiphos-methyl	0,89 (0,01)
		Clothianidin	0,16 (0,04)
		Formetanate	0,86 (0,01)
		Tau-Fluvalinate	0,03 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pyridaben	1,684 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pirimiphos-methyl	4,210 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pyridaben	0,130 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pyridaben	0,06 (0,01)
	Turkey	Formetanate	0,13 (0,01)
	Turkey	Acetamiprid	0,658 (0,3)
	Turkey	Buprofezin	0,182 (0,01)
	Turkey	Pyridaben	1,495 (0,01)
	Turkey	Acetamiprid	0,793 (0,3)
	Turkey	Pyridaben	0,608 (0,01)
	Turkey	Formetanate	0,302 (0,01)
	Turkey	Flonicamid	0,702 (0,3)
	Uganda	Cypermethrin	1,1 (0,5)
Pineapples	Togo	Ethephon	9,3 (2)
Pomegranates	Turkey	Acetamiprid	0,512 (0,01)
Potatoes, sweet	Honduras	Chlormequat	0,7 (0,01)
		Prochloraz	0,92 (0,03)
		Thiophanate-methyl	1,1 (0,1)
		Carbendazim⁺⁾	1,6 (0,1)

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Link: http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/rasff/index_en.htm

Author: Dr. Katja Fuchs

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