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 05/01 – 05/31/2021
Via this link you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables. We have selected only the messages that have been classified as “serious”. We have also added the listings for dried fruit.
RASFF fruit & vegetables (May 2021)
Product |
Country |
Active substance |
Reported (MRL) |
Chili pepper |
Bulgaria |
Acetamiprid |
0,630 (0,3) |
Uganda |
Cypermethrin |
1,2 (0,5) |
|
Uganda |
Cypermethrin |
0,83 (0,5) |
|
Courgettes |
Turkey |
4-CPA+) |
0,081 (0,01) |
Fosthiazate |
0,12 (0,02) |
||
Cucumbers (Mini) |
Netherlands |
Carbendazim+) |
0,33 (0,1) |
Dates |
Egypt |
Carbendazim+) |
1,1 (0,1) |
Grapefruits |
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,047 (0,01) |
Cyprus |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,056 (0,01) |
|
Oranges |
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,27 (0,01) |
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,03 (0,01 |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,041 (0,01 |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,045 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,047 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,068 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,025 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +) |
0,026 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,023 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,022 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,082 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,084 (0,01) |
|
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,055 (0,01) |
|
Morocco |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,097 (0,01) |
|
Spain |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,012 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Bifenthrine |
0,466 (0,05) |
|
Pirimiphos-methyl |
0,915 (0,01 |
||
Pepper |
Egypt |
Chlorthalonil+) |
0,31 (0,01) |
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,63 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,606 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,802 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,689 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,915 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,921 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,845 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,975 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,691 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,009 (0,3) |
|
Etoxazole |
0,08 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,699 (0,3) |
|
Pyridaben |
0,954 (0,3) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
0,741 (0,3) |
|
Pyridaben |
0,805 (0,3) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,477 (0,3) |
|
Pyridaben |
0,102 (0,3) |
||
Turkey |
Acetamiprid |
1,064 (0,3) |
|
Spirotetramate |
4,370 (2,0) |
||
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,166 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,672 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,192 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,112 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,209 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,173 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,098 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,197 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) |
0,208 (0,01) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,191 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Etropophos +) |
0,225 (0,05 1)) |
|
Turkey |
Flonicamid |
0,814 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Flonicamid |
0,727 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,824 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,491 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,198 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,110 (0,01) |
|
Turkey |
Formetanate |
0,037 (0,01) |
|
Fosthiazate |
0,121 (0,02) |
||
Turkey |
Fosthiazate |
0,26 (0,02) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
0,879 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,041 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,144 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
0,952 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,243 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,176 (0,3) |
|
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
1,244 (0,3) |
|
Buprofezin |
0,102 (0,01) |
||
Turkey |
Pyridaben |
0,954 (0,3) |
|
Spirotetramate |
5,65 (2,0) |
||
Turkey |
Tebufenpyrad |
0,476 (0,1) |
|
Turkey |
Tebufenpyrad |
1,298 (0,1) |
|
Uganda |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,012 (0,01) |
|
Pears |
China |
Chlorpyriphos+) |
0,023 (0,01) |
Italy |
Chlormequat |
7,4 (0,7) |
|
Pineapple |
Ghana |
Ethephon |
3,4 (2) |
Pomegranate |
Egypt |
Cyfluthrin+) |
0,16 (0,02) |
Strawberries |
Albania |
Tebuconazole |
0,09 (0,02) |
Wine leafs |
Egypt |
Chlorpyriphos +) |
0,045 (0,01) |
+) application is prohibited
1)From Sept 2021 MRL: 0,01 mg/kg
Also:
- Mould growth on sweet potatoes from Colombia
- Plastic particles in mushrooms from the Netherlandsn
- Unapproved genetically modified green papaya from the Czech Republic
- Unapproved bean varieties from the United Kingdom
No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information
Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger