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 10/01 – 10/31/2022
Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables.
RASFF fruit & vegetables (OCTOBER 2022)
Product |
Active substance |
Reported value (MRL) |
Country |
Asparagus (mini) |
Chlorpyrifos+) |
0,063 (0,01) |
Peru |
Beans |
Acephate +) |
1,1 (!!!) (0,01) |
Kenya |
Methamidophos +) |
0,27 (!) (0,01) |
||
Acephate +) |
0,035 (0,01) |
Kenya |
|
Methamidophos +) |
0,021 (0,01) |
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Carrots (baby carrots) |
Oxamyl |
0,17 (!) (0,01) |
Portugal |
Cherries (frozen) |
Dimethoate +) |
0,045 (0,01) |
Poland |
Omethoate +) |
0,027 (0,01) |
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Cherries sweet |
Omethoate +) |
0,024 (0,01) |
Poland |
Chilli peppers (Capsicum baccatum) |
Chlorfenapyr +) |
detected |
Peru |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
detected |
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Clothianidin |
detected |
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Dinotefuran +) |
detected |
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Fipronil +) |
detected |
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Chinese cabbage |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,038 (0,01) |
Poland |
Cucumbers |
Chlorpyrifos+) |
0,06 (0,01) |
Belarus |
Chlorpyrifos+) |
0,036 (0,01) |
Serbia |
|
Custard apples |
Dimethoate +) |
0,096 (0,01) |
Egypt |
Imidacloprid +) |
0,25 (!) (0,01) |
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Methomyl +) |
0,25 (!) (0,01) |
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Grapes |
Lambda-Cyhalothrine |
0,31 (0,08) |
Turkey |
Lambda-Cyhalothrine |
0,18 (0,08) |
Turkey |
|
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,036 (0,01) |
Chile |
|
Oranges |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,085 (0,01) |
Turkey |
Peppers |
Acetamiprid |
0,825 (0,3) |
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,692 (0,3) |
Turkey |
|
Cyflumetofen |
0,778 (!) (0,01) |
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Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) |
0,545 (!!) (0,01) |
Turkey |
|
Pymetrozine +) |
0,22 (!) (0,01) |
Turkey |
|
Acetamiprid |
0,527 (0,3) |
Turkey |
|
Formetanate |
0,089 (0,01) |
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Pirimiphos-methyl |
0,038 (0,01) |
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Spirotetramat |
3,24 (1) |
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Peppers, red |
Buprofezin |
0,24 (!) (0,01) |
Turkey |
Chlorpyrifos +) |
0,093 (0,01) |
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Lambda-Cyhalothrine |
0,3 (0,1) |
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Ethropophos |
0,12 (!) (0,01) |
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Pomegranate |
Imidacloprid +) |
0,07 (0,01) |
Turkey |
Pomelo |
Chlorpyrifos+) |
0,056 (0,01) |
China |
Raspberries (frozen) |
Chlorthalonil +) |
0,085 (0,01) |
Italy |
Strawberries (wild) |
Ametoctradin |
0,13 (!) (0,01) |
Serbia |
Chlorpyrifos+) |
0,048 (0,01) |
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Wax gourd |
Dimethoate +) |
0,097 (0,01) |
Thailand |
Omethoate +) |
0,094 (0,01) |
+) application is prohibited
MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
It was further reported:
Product |
Reasons for complaint/rejection |
Country |
Chickpeas |
sulphur dioxide 145 mg/kg (MRL: 50 mg/kg) and lack of labelling |
Jordan |
Epigeous mushrooms |
Cadmium 0,836 mg/kg (MRL: 0,5 mg/kg) |
Romania |
Okra |
Cadmium 0,02 mg/kg, |
Jordan |
Spinach leaves |
Undeclared allergen milk |
Netherlands |
Spinach |
Suspected mandrake contamination* in IV range spinach |
Italy |
*May cause poisoning by parasympatholytics (anticholinergics and antimuscarinics) and spasmolytics |
All information without liability.
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger