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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 12/01– 12/31/2021 

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 (December 2021)

Product

Country

Active substance

Reported (MRL)
[mg/kg; ppm]

Apples

North Macedonia

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,07 (0,01)

Beans

Dom. Republic

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,042 (0,01)

Morocco

Oxamyl

2,4 (0,01)

Chilis

Uganda

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,44 (0,1)

Cambodia

Dimethoate +)

0,07 (0,01)

Omethoate +)

0,036 (0,01)

Cucumbers

Morocco

Oxamyl

0,19 (0,01)

Grapefruit

South Africa

Propiconazol +)

0,082 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,024 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,09 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,038 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,031 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,066 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,055 (0,01)

Lemons

Argentina

Imazalil

7 (5)

Propiconazole +)

3,5 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,157 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,023 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,09 (0,01)

Prochloraz

0,32 (0,03)

Mandarines

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,082 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,243 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,011 (0,01)

Turkey

Prochloraz

1,267 (0,03)

Turkey

Prochloraz

0,484 (0,03)

Turkey

Prochloraz

0,91 (0,03)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,148 (0,01)

Prochloraz

1,216 (0,03)

Mushrooms
(Asian Pearl straw mushroom)

Vietnam

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,014 (0,01)

Fipronil +)

0,007 (0,005)

Oranges

Argentina

Propiconazole +)

0,3 (0,01)

South Africa

Imazalil

5 (4)

Pepper, sweet

Spain

Ethephon

1,4 (0,5)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,649 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,681 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,665 (0,3)

Turkey

Fosthiazate

0,138 (0,02)

Plums

Chile

Iprodion +)

0,023 (0,01)

Pomegranate

 

Morocco

 

Dimethoat +)

0,043 (0,01)

Omethoate +)

0,068 (0,01)

Sapodilla
(Manilkara zapota)

Thailand

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,12 (0,01)

Spinach

Spain

Dithiocarbamates +)

6,9 (0,05)

Table grapes

Brazil

Matrine +)

0,048 (0,01)

Lebanon

Ethephon

2,2 (1)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

1,5 (0,5)

Tangerines

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,058 (0,01)

 

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All information without liability.

 

Link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff

 

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger