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 06/01 – 06/30/2021
Via the link below 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 (June 2021)
Product |
Country |
Active substance |
Reported (MRL) [mg/kg; ppm] |
Apples |
Poland |
Carbendazim +) |
0,016 (0,02) |
Avocado |
Morocco |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,29 (0,01) |
Black-eyed peas |
Portugal |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,014 (0,01) |
Cabbage |
North Macedonia |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,012 (0,01) |
Carambola |
Brazil |
Methomyl |
0,15 (0,01) |
Brazil |
Lambda-Cyhalothrin |
0,16 (0,01) |
|
Methomyl |
0,046 (0,01) |
||
Thiametoxam |
0,036 (0,01) |
||
Carrots (mini) |
Netherlands |
Dieldrin +) |
0,016 (0,01) |
Quintozen |
0,01 (0,01) |
||
Netherlands |
Dieldrin +) |
0,033 (0,01) |
|
Quintozen |
0,021 (0,01) |
||
Chili pepper |
Thailand |
Tebufenpyrad |
0,15 (0,01) |
Türkei |
Acetamiprid |
0,691 (0,3) |
|
Uganda |
Cypermethrin |
0,675 (0,5) |
|
Chillis green |
Laos |
Chlorfluazuron +) |
0,018 (0,01) |
Biphenyl+) |
0,006 (0,01) |
||
Chlorfenapyr +) |
0,046 (0,01) |
||
Cucumbers |
Italy |
Oxamyl |
0,024 (0,01) |
Oxamyl |
0,012 (0,01) |
||
Grapefruits |
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,15 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,1 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,05 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,04 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,022 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,074 (0,01) |
|
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,08 (0,01) |
||
Guaves |
Vietnam |
Carbofuran +) |
0,049 (0,01) |
Lemons |
Turkey |
Prochloraz |
1,4 (0,3) |
Mangos |
Peru |
Prochloraz |
0,96 (0,03) |
Nashi pear |
China |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,022 (0,01) |
Okra |
Jordan |
Oxamyl |
0,081 (0,01) |
Oranges |
Egypt |
Chlorpropham |
0,084 (0,01) |
Egypt |
Chlorpropham |
0,041 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,034 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,03 (0,01) |
|
Imazalil |
6 (4) |
||
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,08 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,11 (0,01) |
|
Morocco |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,16(0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Bifenthrin +) |
0,466 (0,05) |
|
Pirimiphos-methyl |
0,915 (0,01) |
||
Pepper |
Morocco |
Dimethoat +) |
0,17 ((0,01) |
Omethoat +) |
0,065 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,975 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,63 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,031 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,642 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,858 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
2,525 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,961 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,675 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,338 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,975 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,433 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,865 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,259 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,271 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,616 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,804 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,63 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,182 (0,01) |
||
Pyridaben |
2,971 (0,3) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,66 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,15 (0,01) |
||
Tebufenpyrad |
0,297 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Buprofezin |
0,437 (0,01) |
|
Pyridaben |
0,855 (0,3) |
||
Turkey |
Buprofezin |
0,248 (0,01) |
|
Pyridaben |
1,195 (0,3) |
||
Tebufenpyrad |
0,411 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,055 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,109 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,228 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,84 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,086 (0,01) |
||
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,06 (0,01) |
||
Lambda-Cyhalothrin |
0,052 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,219 (0,01) |
|
Etoxazole |
0,1 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,438 (0,01) |
|
Etoxazole |
0,2 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Fenamiphos |
0,083 (0,04) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,086 (0,01) |
|
Pirimiphos-methyl |
0,368 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,172 (0,01) |
|
Pirimiphos-methyl |
0,735 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,234 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,174 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
0,958 (0,3) |
|
Potatoes |
Greece |
Oxamyl |
0,27 (0,01) |
Greece |
Oxamyl |
0,14 (0,01) |
Also:
Coating with unauthorised additives/coating substances.
(complaints by Spain):
- unauthorised additives on mangoes from Brazil E 905
- unauthorised additives on pineapples from Costa Rica
- unauthorised coating substances E 905 (microcrystalline wax) and E 218 (methyl p-hydroxybenzoate) on pineapples from Costa Rica
(important note: E 905 has been authorised as a coating agent on pineapples in the EU since 2012)
Melons: Since March, cases of salmonella infections have occurred in various countries, possibly due to Gaia, cantaloupe and/or honeydew melons from Honduras, Brazil and Costa Rica. Salmonella can adhere to the surface of the melon and be transferred to the edible part of the fruit through poor hygiene.
No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger