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

RASFF

Here you find a retrospective monthly summary of relevant notifications about MRLs exceeded reported in the European Rapid Alert System (RASFF).

  

Notification from RASFF 09/01 – 09/30/2023

 

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 (SEPTEMBER 2023)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Aubergines Thiabendazole 0,039 (0,01) Dom. Republic
Avocado Chlorpyrifos +) 0,13 (!) (0,01) Kenya
Beans Acephate 0,048 (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos 0,013 (0,01)
Carbofuran +) 0,098 (0,01) Kenya
Burmesisan grapes (Baccaurea ramiflora) Carbendazim +) 1,3 (!) (0,1) Bangladesh
Cypermethrin 0,23 (0,05)
Celery Linuron +) 0,025 (0,01) Poland
Chilli Chlorfenapyr +) 0,53 (!) (0,01) Cambodia
Cypermethrin 0,35 (0,5)
Propiconazole 0,065 (0,01)
Garlic (frozen) 2-Chlorethanol/Ethylenoxid  +) 0,054 (0,01) China
Gherkins Metalaxyl 0,025 (0,01) North Macedonia
Langsat (bon bon) Carbaryl +) 15,4 (!!!) (0,01) Vietnam
Mandarines Chlorpyrifos +) 0,11 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,058 (0,01) Egypt
Oranges Imazalil 5 (4) South Africa
Peaches Formetanate 0,046 (0,01)  Serbia
Peppers Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,027 (0,01) Turkey
Formetanate 0,283 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,07 (0,01) Turkey
Etoxazol 0,031 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,08 (0,01) Turkey
Pirimphos-methyl 0,056 (0,01)
Formetanate 0,13 (!) (0,01) Serbia
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,110 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Dimethoate +) 0,071 (0,01)
Formetanate 0,077 (0,01)
Peppers, red, frozen diced Propargite 0,375 (!) 0,01 Egypt
Pitahaya Forchlorfenuron 0,023 (0,01) Vietnam
Pomegranate Cypermethrin 0,542 (!) (0,05) Turkey
Raspberries, frozen Carbendazim +) 0,34 (0,1) Ukraine
Vine leaves Acetamiprid 1,6 (!!!) (0,01) Egypt
Boscalid 0,084 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,016 (0,01)
Cyfluthrin 0,69 (!) (0,02)
Diflubenzuron 0,089 (0,01)
Emamectin 0,033 (!) (0,002)
Imidacloprid 0,56 (!) (0,01)
Tebuconazole 0,59 (!) (0,02)
Thiophanate-methyl 1,3 (!) (0,1)
Acetamiprid 0,16 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Azoxystrobin 0,23 (!) (0,01)
Bifenthrin 0,041 (0,01)
Boscalid 0,083 (0,01)
Carbendazim +) 1,3 (!) (0,1)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,049 (0,01)
Cyflufenamid 0,049 (0,01)
Difenoconazole 1,3 (0,5)
lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,37 (!) (0,01)
 

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Papaya (frozen) Salmonella abaetetuba Netherlands

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