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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 03/01 – 03/31/2022

 

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”.

 

This time, the vine leaves from Turkey create a new negative record with residues of 14 different active substances in one sample with horrendously high limit value exceedings, including one banned active substance. 

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (March 2022)

Product

Country

Active substance

Reported (MRL)
[mg/kg; ppm]

Avocado

Colombia

Chlorfenapyr +)

0,024 (0,01)

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,015 (0,01)

Bananas

Ecuador

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,021 (0,01)

Beans (green)

India

Dimethoate +)

0,027 (0,01)

Omethoate +)

0,12 (0,01)

Profenofos

0,043 (0,01

Kenya

Acephate +)

0,18 (0,01)

Metamidophos +)

0,19 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorthalonil +)

0,024 (0,01)

Black-eyed beans

Madagascar

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,042 (0,01)

Madagascar

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,068 (0,01)

Madagascar

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,029 (0,01)

Madagascar

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,062 (0,01)

Madagascar

Carabaryl +)

2 (0,01) !!

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,08 (0,01)

Fenitrothion +)

0,1 (0,01) !

Chillies

Ruanda

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,25 (0,1)

Turkey

Formetanate

0,197 (0,01) !

Uganda

Dimethoate +)

0,013 (0,01)

Omethoate +)

0,034 (0,01)

Uganda

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,016 (0,01)

Courgette

Turkey

Iprodion +)

0,068 (0,01)

Metalaxyl

0,026 (0,01)

Drumsticks

India

Monocrotophos +)

0,27 (0,01) !!

Grapefruit

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,106 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,096 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,111 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,178 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,141 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,088 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,078 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,099 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,1 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,024 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,117 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,208 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,255 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,093 (0,01)

Grapefruit (red)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,172 (0,01)

Helmet beans

Bangladesh

Bifenthrin +)

0,026 (0,01)

Carbofuran +)

0,029 (0,01)

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,015 (0,01)

Propargite +)

0,02 (0,01)

India

Dimethoate +)

0,046 (0,01)

Omethoate +)

0,026 (0,01)

Lemons

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,066 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,074 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,7 (0,01) !!

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,034 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,084 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,063 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,084 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,128 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,131 (0,01) !

Fenvalerate +)

0,101 (0,01) !

Turkey

Prochloraz +)

0,823 (0,01) !

Turkey

Prochloraz +)

0,893 (0,01) !

Lettuce

Spain

Dithiocarbamates

13 (5)

Spain

Dithiocarbamates

9 (5)

Spain

Dithiocarbamates

21 (5)

Mandarines

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,13 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,119 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,097 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,049 (0,01)

Fenvalerate +)

No info

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,044 (0,01)

Fenvalerate +)

0,151 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,025 (0,01)

Fenvalerate +)

0,178 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,075 (0,01)

Fenvalerate +)

0,224 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,06 (0,01)

Esfenvalerate +)

0,114 (0,01) !

Oranges

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,087 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,282 (0,01) !!

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,167 (0,01) !!

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,247 (0,01) !!

Fenvalerate +)

0,229 (0,01) !!

Turkey

Prochloraz +)

1,025 (0,01) !!

Parsley root

Poland

Linuron +)

0,035 (0,01)

Peppers (fresh)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,687 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,624 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

1,22 (0,3)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,047 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,113 (0,01) !

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,057 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,135 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,141 (0,01) !

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,077 (0,01)

Turkey

Iprodion +)

0,28 (0,01) !!

Uganda

Chlothianidin +)

0,095 (0,04)

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,2 (0,1)

Pepper (red bell pepper)

Netherlands

Flonicamid

0,5 (0,3)

Turkey

Flonicamid

0,62 (0,3)

Pineapple

Cameroon

Ethephon

5,6 (2,0)

Cameroon

Ethephon

3,6 (2,0)

Pomelo

China

Dinotefuran +)

0,042 (0,01)

Isoprocarb +)

0,045 (0,01)

Lufenuron +)

0,012 (0,01)

Pomegranate

Turkey

Thiacloprid

0,027 (0,01)

Quinces

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,013 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,28 (0,01) !!

Rambutan

Vietnam

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,022 (0,01)

Sugar peas

Guatemala

Dimethoate +)

0,046 (0,01)

Tangerines

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,033 (0,01)

Tomatoes

Tunisia

Iprodion +)

0,42 (0,01) !!

Turkey

Flonicamid

0,25 (0,1)

Vine leaves

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,02 (0,01)

Azoxystrobin

0,3 (0,01) !!

Boscalid

0,64 (0,01) !!

Dimetomorph

0,15 (0,01) !!

Dithiocarbamates

23 (0,05) !!

Emamectin

0,17 (0,01) !!

Fluopyram

0,42 (0,01) !!

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,62 (0,01) !!

Metalaxyl

1,8 (0,01) !!

Methoxyfenozid

0,025 (0,01)

Pyrimethanil

0,67 (0,01) !!

Tebuconazol

0,37 (0,02) !!

Tetraconazol

0,17 (0,02) !

Triadimenol +)

0,037 (0,01)

Turkey

Dithiocarbamates

4,3 (0,05) !!

Metrafenone

0,55 (0,01) !!

Metalaxyl

0,013 (0,01)


+) application is prohibited

 

It was further reported:

 

Product

Country

Reasons for complaint/rejection

Avocado

Dom. Republic

Cadmium 0,17 (0,05)

Peru

Cadmium 0,054 (0,05)

Banana

Ecuador

Non approved additives E522 and E523

Bell pepper

Peru

Cadmium 0,074 (0,02)

Eddo

Costa Rica

Cadmium 0,056 (0,05)

Enoki mushrooms (2)

China & South Kroea

Listeria monocytogenes

White beans

Poland

Mould

 

All information without liability.

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger