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Fruit and vegetables: Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF)

RASFF

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

 

 

Notification from RASFF 02/01 – 02/28/2021

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 (February 2021)

Product

Country

Active substance

Reported (MRL)
[mg/kg; ppm]

Centella asiatica and Alternanthera sessilis

Sri Lanka

Azoxystrobin

0,15 (70)

Chlorpyrifos+)

0,036 (0,01)

Profenofos+)

67 (0,05)

Fipronil

0,17 (0,005)

Chili peppers

Egypt

Oxamyl

0,14 (0,01)     

Goji berries

China

Methamidophos+)

0,15 (0,01)

Lemons

Turkey

Prochloraz

1,046 (0,03)

Pyrimethanil

2,246 (8)

Mandarins

Turkey

Fenvalerate+)

0,324 (0,02)

Chlorpyrifos-methyl+)

0,142 (0,01)

Okra

India

Ethylene oxide

0,58; 0,14 (0,02)

Oranges

Turkey

Fenvalerate+)

0,203 (0,02)

Chlorpyrifos-methyl+)

0,045 (0,01)

Turkey

Prochloraz

6,016 (0,03)

Passion fruit

Colombia

Methomyl

0,10 (0,01)

Cypermethrin

0,26 (0,05)

Dithiocarbamates+)

0,19 (0,05)

Omethoate+)

0,15 (0,01)

Dimethoate

0,36 (0,01)

Peppers

Turkey

Pyridaben

1,053 (0,3)

Etoxazole

0,066 (0,01)

Turkey

Fosthiazate

0,156 (0,02)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,735 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,714 (0,3)

Turkey

Fosthiazate

0,111 (0,02)

Turkey

Flonicamid

0,721 (0,3)

Uganda

Cypermethrin

1,7 (0,5)

Uganda

Cypermethrin

1,5 (0,5)

Pomegranates

Turkey

Imazalil

0,942 (0,01)

+) application is prohibited

No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information
 
 
 

Author: Dr. Katja Fuchs