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Current postings on the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF) for fruit & vegetables

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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).

  

Notification from RASFF 08/01 – 08/31/2023

 

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

 

Our tip: Be careful with imports from Turkey and Egypt. In vine leaves from Egypt, the residue load is currently very high in terms of the number of active substances detected and maximum levels exceeded. Note that the EU import controls are only spot checks.

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (AUGUST 2023)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Avocado Chlorothalonil +) 0,038 (0,01) Tanzania
Baby carrots Chlorpyrifos +) 0,13 (!) (0,01) Italy
Cherries Chlorpyrifos +) 0,029 (0,01) Turkey
Dimethoate 0,16 (!) (0,01)
Omethoate 0,069 (0,01)
Dimethoate 0,04 (0,01) Turkey
Omethoate 0,018 (0,01)
Drumsticks (and leaves) Alpha-Cypermethrin +) 3,4 (!) (0,1) India
Cypermethrin 6,1 (!!) (0,1)
Chlothianidin +) 0,1 (0,05)
Thiamethoxam +) 1,2 (!) (0,05)
Monocrotophos +) 0,46 (0,01) India
Monocrotophos +) 0,26 (0,01) India
Grapefruits Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) 1,3 (!) (0,1) Turkey
Grape leafs Carbendazim +) 0,36 (0,1) Egypt
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 3,5 (!!!) 0,01
Lufenuron +) 0,78 (!) (0,02)
Metalaxyl 0,66 (!!) (0,01)
Penconazole +) 0,13 (0,02)
Propiconazole 0,28 (!) (0,02)
Thiophanate-methyl +) 1,1 (!) (0,1)
Acetamiprid 0,05 (0,01) Egypt
Azoxystrobin 0,24 (!) (0,01)
Boscalid 1,3 (!!!) (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,04 (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,034 (0,01)
Difenconazole 0,49 (0,05)
Dimetomorph 0,046 (0,01)
Myclobutanil +) 0,17 (!) (0,01)
Propiconazole +) 0,11 (!) (0,01)
Pyrimethanil 0,16 (!) (0,01)
Acetamiprid 0,272 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Azoxystrobin 0,105 (!) (0,01)
Bifenthrin 0,023 (0,01)
Carbendazim +) 0,687 (0,1)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,041 (0,01)
Difenoconazole 0,242 (0,05)
Diniconazole +) 0,026 (0,01)
Emamectin B1a 0,021 (0,01)
Imidacloprid +) 0,387 (!!!) (0,002)
Indoxacarb +) 0,059 (0,02)
Lemons Chlorpyrifos +) 0,082 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,031 (0,01) Turkey
Benzalkoniumchlorid (BAC) 1,9 (!) (0,1) Turkey
Imazalil 4,7 (5)
Prochloraz 0,830 (!) (0,03) Turkey
Prochloraz 1,364 (!) (0,03) Turkey
Lychees Azoxystrobin 0,31 (!) (0,01) Cambodia
Cypermethrine 0,43  (0,2)
Difenconazole 0,21 (0,1)
Oranges Chlorpyrifos +) 0,059 (0,01) Spain
Parsley Linuron +) 0,035 (0,02) Poland
Passion fruit Cypermethrin 0,97 (!) (0,05) Thailand
Peaches Chlorpyrifos +) 0,081 (0,01) Serbia
Peppers Acetamiprid 0,709 (0,3) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,011 (0,3) Turkey
Formetanate 0,444 (!) (0,01)  Turkey
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,21 (0,1) Uganda
Cypermethrin 1,8 (0,5) Uganda
Famoxadone 0,04 (0,01) Egypt
Propargite 0,23 (!) (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,025 (0,01) Peru
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,24 (!) (0,01)
Dinotefuran +) 0,22 (!)  (0,01)
Fipronil +) 0,05 (!) (0,005)
Pineapples Ethephon 2,1 (2,0) Ghana
Pitahaya Acephate +) 0,056 (0,01) Ecuador
Methamidophos +) 0,011 (0,01)
Plums Chlorpyrifos +) 0,025 (0,01) Poland
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,045 (0,01) Poland
Potatoes Fosthiazate 0,045 (0,02) Italy
Raspberries, frozen Propargite +) 0,076 (0,01) Ukraine
Savoy cabbage Benzalkoniumchlorid (BAC) 0,31 (0,1) Portugal
Sugar snap peas Chlorothalonil 0,2 (!) (0,01) Kenya
Water melom Methomyl 0,039 (0,015) Morocco
Oxamyl 0,053 (0,01)
Yardlong beans (frozen)  Chlorfenapyr 0,059  (0,01) China
Isocarbophos +) 0,063 (0,01)
Yardlong beans Carbofuran +) 0,63 (0,1) Sri Lanka
Chlorothalonil +) 0,86 (!) (0,01)
Profenofos +) 0,10 (!) (0,01)

 

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Mangosteen Cadmium 0,098 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg Papaya) Vietnam
Mulberries Ochratoxin A 8,2 µg/kg (2 µg/kg) Turkey
Salad mix Salmonella (in 25g) Italy

All information without liability.

 
YOUR PLUS: The RASFF alerts serve as another indicator to reconsider risk decisions and adjust sampling plans.
 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger