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 – 06/30/2022
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 (June 2022)
Product |
Country |
Active substance |
Reported (MRL) |
Amaranth, leafy |
Cameroon |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,021 (0,01) |
Aubergines, eggplants |
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,844 (0,3) |
Bananas |
Peru |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,031 (0,01) |
Beans |
China |
Carbofuran +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
Carrots |
Egypt |
Linuron +) |
0,107 (0,01) ! |
Egypt |
Linuron +) |
0,1 (0,01) ! |
|
Celery leaves |
Italy |
Dithiocarbamates |
0,34 (0,05) |
Linuron +) |
0,081 (0,01) |
||
Chillies, green |
Kenia |
Methamidophos +) |
0,096 (0,01) |
Cucumbers, mini |
Poland |
Carbendazim +) |
0,45 (0,1) |
Galia melons |
Turkey |
Ethropophos +) |
0,061 (0,01) |
Malathion |
0,042 (0,02) |
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Garlic |
China |
Triadimenol +) |
0,05 (0,01) |
Grapefruit |
South Africa |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,092 (0,01) |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,05 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,128 (0,01) ! |
|
Grapefruit (red) |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,12 (0,01) ! |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,061 (0,01) |
|
Guaves |
Egypt |
Dimethoate +) |
0,027 (0,01) |
Omethoate +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
||
Lemons |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,16 (0,01) ! |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,04 (0,01) |
|
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,081 (0,01) |
||
Prochloraz +) |
1,389 (0,03) !! |
||
Propiconazol +) |
0,017 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,022 (0,01) |
|
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,017 (0,01) |
||
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,028 (0,01) |
||
Prochloraz +) |
0,386 (0,03) ! |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,072 (0,01) |
|
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,036 (0,01) |
||
Prochloraz +) |
0,124 (0,03) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,032 (0,01) |
|
Fenbutationoxide +) |
0,138 (0,01) ! |
||
Prochloraz +) |
0,452 (0,03) ! |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,017 (0,01) |
|
Prochloraz +) |
0,510 (0,03) ! |
||
Spirotetramate |
1,048 (0,01) !!! |
||
Turkey (via Italy) |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
|
DDAC +) |
0,98 (0,01) !! |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,066 (0,01) |
|
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,177 (0,01) ! |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,966 (0,01) !! |
|
Prochloraz +) |
0,019 (0,03) |
||
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
3,03 (0,03) !!! |
|
Propiconazol +) |
0,221 (0,01) ! |
||
Turkey |
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,266 (0,01) ! |
|
Prochloraz +) |
2,522 (0,03) !! |
||
Turkey |
Fenbutatinoxide +) |
0,582 (0,01) !! |
|
Prochloraz +) |
2,359 (0,03) !! |
||
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
0,037 (0,03) |
|
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
0,034 (0,03) |
|
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
0,044 (0,03) |
|
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
4,048 (0,03) !!! |
|
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
0,210 (0,03) |
|
Turkey |
Prochloraz +) |
2,586 (0,03) !! |
|
Turkey |
Parathion-methyl +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
|
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,117 (0,01) ! |
||
Lettuce |
Belgium |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,039 (0,01) |
Lychees |
China |
2,4-D |
0,082 (0,05) |
Clothianidin +) |
0,074 (0,01) |
||
Cyazofamid |
0,15 (0,01) ! |
||
lambda-Cyhalothrin |
0,25 (0,01) ! |
||
Deltamethrin |
0,034 (0,01) |
||
Imidacloprid +) |
0,068 (0,01) |
||
Procymidon +) |
0,036 (0,01) |
||
China |
Azoxystrobin |
0,11 (0,01) ! |
|
Buprofezin |
0,056 (0,01) |
||
Chlorfenapyr +) |
0,068 (0,01) |
||
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,16 (0,01) ! |
||
Clothianidin +) |
0,089 (0,01) |
||
lambda-Cyhalothrin |
0,21 (0,01) ! |
||
Dimetomorph |
0,058 (0,01) |
||
Lufenuron +) |
0,042 (0,01) |
||
Propamocarb |
0,17 (0,01) ! |
||
Mangostan |
Thailand |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,042 (0,01) |
Oranges |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,032 (0,01) |
Fenvalerate +) |
0,051 (0,01) |
||
Passion fruit |
Colombia |
Carbendazim +) |
0,25 (0,01) ! |
Famoxadon +) |
0,03 (0,01) |
||
Methomyl +) |
0,021 (0,01) |
||
Propamocarb |
0,093 (0,01) |
||
Thiabendazol |
0,025 (0,01) |
||
Colombia |
Dimethoate +) |
0,026 (0,01) |
|
Imidacloprid +) |
0,029 (0,01) |
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Peppers (fresh) |
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,02 (0,3) |
Pyriproxifen |
0,176 (1) |
||
Spirotetramate |
1,386 (1) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,137 (0,3) |
|
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,078 (0,01) |
||
Fosthiazate |
0,165 (0,02) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,05 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,028 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Diafenthiuron +) |
0,08 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Spirotetramate |
5,175 (1) |
|
Pears |
China |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,031 (0,01) |
Pomegranates |
Turkey |
Imazalil |
0,37 (0,01) ! |
tau-Fluvalinate |
0,031 (0,01) |
||
Potatoes |
France |
Imazalil |
0,9 (0,01) !! |
Potatoes |
France |
Imazalil |
0,21 (0,01) ! |
Thiabendazol |
1 (0,04) ! |
||
Snow peas |
Guatemala |
Dimethoate +) |
0,027 (0,01) |
Guatemala |
Chlorthalonil |
0,18 (0,01) ! |
+) application is prohibited
MRL; ! exceeded ≥10 times, !! ≥50 times, !!! ≥ times
It was further reported:
Product |
Country |
Reasons for complaint/rejection |
Avocado (organic) |
Peru |
Cadmium 0,064 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) |
Papaya |
Thailand |
Unauthorized genetic modification |
Snow peas |
Thailand |
E.coli > 1500 cfu/g |
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Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger