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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 09/01 – 09/30/2022

Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables.

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (SEPTEMBER 2022)

 

Product

Active substance

Reported value (MRL)
[mg/kg; ppm]

Country

Amla berries (Phyllanthus emblica)

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,012 (0,01)

India

Monocrotophos +)

0,078 (0,01)

Avocado

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,044 (0,01)

Kenya

Chilli peppers (red)

Buprofezin

0,07 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl +)

0,14 (!) (0,01)

Drumsticks

Acephate +)

0,043 (0,01)

India

Methamidophos +)

0,14 (!) (0,01)

Grapes

Thiacloprid +)

0,072 (0,01)

North Macedonia

Lychees

Propioconazole+)

0,08 (0,01)

Cambodia

Okra

Organophosphate pesticides +)

0,013 (0,01/0,02)

Pakistan

Organophosphate pesticides +)

0,017 (0,01/0,02)

Pakistan

Oranges

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,063 (0,01)

Egypt

Pea pods

Omethoate +)

0,015 (0,01)

China

Peppers

Acetamiprid

0,65 (0,3)

Turkey

Chlorpyrifos-methyl+)

0,129 (!) (0,01)

Turkey

Fenbutatin oxide +)

0,067 (0,01)

Turkey

Pyrometrozine

0,072 (0,02)

Turkey

Peppers (horn peppers)

Formetanate

0,034 (0,01)

Bosnia & Herzegowina

Plums

Chlorpyrifos +)

0,051 (0,01)

North Macedonia

Potatoes

Fosthiazate

0,071 (0,02)

Belgium

Shallots

Iprodione

detected (0,01)

Thailand

Strawberries (frozen)

Omethoate +)

0,17 (!) (0,01)

China

Tamarillo

Chlorthalonil +)

detected (0,01)

Colombia

+) application is prohibited

 MRL exceeded: ! ≥10 times, !! ≥50 times, !!! ≥ 100 times

 

 

It was further reported:

 

Product

Reasons for complaint/rejection

Country

Green asparagaus

Cadmium 0,044 mg/kg (0,03)

Peru

Carrot, frozen

Cadmium 0,142 mg/kg (0,1)

Netherlands

Spinach

Cadmium 0,445 mg/kg (0,2)

Poland

Spinach

Cadmium 0,75 mg/kg (0,2)

Belgium

Spinach

Bacillus cereus 1,7 x105 cfu/g
(with diarrhoeic toxin-producing capacity)

Italy

Spinach & rocket

Shigatoxin forming E. coli

Netherlands

Mint, fresh

E.coli (partly packed in Romania)

Italy

Papaya

Genetically modified (unapproved)

Cambodia

All information without liability.

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger