Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and selective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF.
Notification from RASFF July & August 2024
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RASFF fruit & vegetables (July & August 2024)
Product | Active substance | Reported value (MRL) | Country |
[mg/kg; ppm] |
Apples | Phosmet +) | 0,013 (0,005) | Chile |
Apples, red | Diflubenzuron +) | 0,045 (0,01) | Turkey |
Bananas | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,074 (0,01) | Ecuador |
Basil | Cyfluthrin | 0,042 (0,01) | Cambodia |
Cryomazine | 0,34 (!) (0,01) | ||
Dinotefuran | 0,032 (0,01) | ||
Epoxiconazole +) | 0,052 (0,01) | ||
Isoprocarb +) | 0,03 (0,01) | ||
Beans | Acephate +) | 4,6 (!!!) (0,01) | Kenya |
Methamidophos +) | 0,88 (!!) (0,01) | ||
Acephat +) | 0,41 (!) (0,01) | Kenya | |
Methamidophos +) | 0,15 (!) (0,01) | ||
Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | Kenya | |
Acephate +) | 0.055 (0,01) | Kenya | |
Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,10 (!) (0,01) | ||
Methamidophos +) | 0,026 (0,01) | ||
Carbendazim +) | 0,61 (0,2) | Kenya | |
Blood oranges | Phosmet +) | 0,04 (0,005) | Italy |
Cantaloupe melon | Flonicamide | 0,85 (0,4) | Spain |
Carrots | Dieldrin +) | 0,14 (!) (0,01) | Albany |
Champignons | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,053 (0,01) | Poland |
Cherries | Dimethoate +) | 0,017 & 0,029 (0,01) | Italy |
Chickpeas | 2,4-D | 0,74 (!) (0,05) | Argentina |
Paraquat +) | 0,079 (0,01) | ||
Paraquat +) | 0,091 (0,01) | Argentina | |
Deltamethhrin +) | 5,93 (1) | Argentina | |
Piperonylbutoxide | 35,7 (!!) (0,5) | ||
Chili | Lambda-cyhalothrin | 0,27 (0,1) | Uganda |
Chlorfenapyr +) | 0,077 (0,01) | Peru | |
Triazophos +) | 0,023 (0,01) | ||
Chili, mini chilli peppers | Carbofuran +) | 0,04 (!) (0,002) | Cambodia |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) | 0,098 (0,01) | ||
Dimethoate +) | 0,016 (0,01) | ||
Courgettes, organic | Heptachlor +) | 0,018 & 0,023 (0,01) | Belgium |
Cucumbers | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,039 (0,01) | Poland |
Dates, organic | Bifenthrin +) | 0,036 (0,01) | Algeria |
Chlorothalonil +) | 0,057 (0,01) | ||
Deltamethrin +) | 0,015 (0,01) | ||
Spiromesifen +) | 0,12 (0,02) | ||
Drumsticks | Fenpropathrin +) | 0,093 (0,01) | India |
Fenpropathrin +) | 0,04 (0,01) | India | |
Methamidophos +) | 0,026 (0,01^) | India | |
Acephate +) | 0,4 (!) (0,01) | India | |
Monocrotophos +) | 0,30 (!) (0,01) | ||
Methamidophos +) | 0,23 (!) (0,01) | ||
Permethrin +) | 0,17 (0,05) | ||
Grapefruit | Glufosinate +) | 0,34 (0,05) | South Africa |
Grapes | Ethephon | 1,2 (1,0) | Egypt |
Ethephon | 1,2 (1,0) | Egypt | |
Ethephon | 1,3 (1,0) | Egypt | |
Kiwi | Cypermethrin | 0,12 (0,05) | Argentina |
Lychees | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,034 (0,01) | China |
Mangoes | Propargite +) | 0,023 (0,01) | India |
Nectarines | Formetanate | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | Spain |
Oranges | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,015 (0,01) | Turkey |
Phosmet +) | 0,04 (0,005) | Italy | |
Flumetralin | 0.047 (0,01) | Egypt | |
Chlorpropham | 0,06 & 0,024 (0,01) | Egypt | |
Papaya | Acephate +) | 0,6 (!!) (0,01) | Brazil |
Methamidophos +) | 0,1 (!) (0,01) | ||
Peaches, flat | Lambda-Cyhalothrin | 0,277 (0,15) | Spain |
Formetanate | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | Spain | |
Pears | Phosmet +) | 0,037 (0,01) | Turkey |
Pyriproxifen | 0,026 (0,01) | ||
Peppers, sweet | Formetanate | 0,203 (!) (0,01) | Turkey |
Formetanate | 0,450 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
Formetanate | 0,204 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
Famoxadone | 0,037 (0,01) | Albany | |
Formetanate | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | ||
Formetanate | 0,129 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
Permethrin +) | 1,058 (!!!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
Permethrin +) | 0,23 (0,05) | Vietnam | |
Permethrin +) | 0,33 (0,05) | Vietnam | |
Tolfenpyrad +) | 0,033 (0,01) | ||
Chlorfenapyr | 0,44 (!) (0,01) | Dom. Republic | |
Clothianidin | 0,2 (0,04) | ||
Etofenprox | 0,23 (!) (0,01) | ||
Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) | Carbendazim +) | 0,85 (0,1) | Rwanda |
Omethoate +) | 0,16 (!) 0,01 | ||
Profenofos +) | 0,085 (0,01) | ||
Propiconazole | 0,031 (0,01) | Vietnam | |
Propiconazole | 0,08 (0,01) | Vietnam | |
Propiconazole | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | Vietnam | |
Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,026 (0,01) | Thailand | |
Profenofos +) | 0,41 (!) (0,01) | ||
Propiconazole | 0,024 (0,01) | ||
Triazophos | 0,15 (!) (0,01) | ||
Plums | Acetamiprid | 0,10 (0,03) | Serbia |
Rambutan | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,029 & 0,057 (0,01) | Thailand |
Omethoate +) | 0,31 (!) (0,01) | ||
Raspberries | Formetanate | 2,4 (!!!) (0,01) | Portugal |
Raspberries, frozen | Dimethoate +) | 0,012 (0,01) | Poland |
Strawberries, frozen | Oxamyl +) | 0,01 (!) (0,001) | Egypt |
Vine leaves, in brine | Acetamiprid | 0,1 (!) (0,01) | Turkey, notified by Germany |
Boscalid | 0,68 (!!) (0,01) | ||
Cyflufenamid | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | ||
Cymoxanil | 0,024 (0,01) | ||
Cyprodinil | 0,24 (!) (0,02) | ||
Dimetomorph | 8,3 (!!!) (0,01) | ||
Dithiocarbamates | 14 (!!!) (0,05) | ||
Emamectin | 0,13 (!!) (0,002) | ||
Fluopyram | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | ||
Metalaxyl | 0,24 (!) (0,01) | ||
Acetamiprid | 0,17 (!) (0,01) | Turkey, notified by Germany | |
Azoxystrobin | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | ||
Boscalid | 0,029 (0,01) | ||
Cyprodinil | 0,31 (!) (0,02) | ||
Dimethomorph | 1,5 (!!!) (0,01) | ||
Dithiocarbamate | 1,4 (!) (0,05) | ||
Fluopyram | 0,021 (0,01) | ||
Fluxapyroxad | 0,56 (!) (0,01) | ||
Iprovalicarb +) | 0,26 (!) (0,01) | ||
Lambda-Cyhalothrin | 0,036 (0,01) |
+) application is prohibited
MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
Further notifications:
Product | Reasons for complaint/rejection | Country |
Avocado | Cadmium 0,085 & 0,099 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (2) | Peru (2) |
Blackberries, frozen | Salmonella spp | Morocco |
Corn cobs | Lead 0,2 mg/kg (0,1 mg/kg) | Spain, notified by Poland |
Gherkins | Organoleptic anomalies (mould, signs of rot and deterioration) | Turkey, notified by Poland |
Mandarins | Disinfectant / sanitizer - taste | China |
Raspberries, frozen | Mold | Ukraine |
Salad mix | Verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) | Austria |
Salads | Salmonella spp | Belgium |
Spinach | Food poisoning from tropane alkaloids in product "Fresh SPINACH in bag" | Italy |
Listeria monocytogenes detected in 25 g in 1 of 5 samples of spinach leaves | Sweden | |
Sprouts | Sakmonella | Netherlands |
All information without liability.
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger