RASFF

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 06/01 – 06/30/2021

Via the link below 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 (June 2021)

Product

Country

Active substance

Reported (MRL)

[mg/kg; ppm]

Apples

Poland

Carbendazim +)

0,016 (0,02)

Avocado

Morocco

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,29 (0,01)

Black-eyed peas

Portugal

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,014 (0,01)

Cabbage

North Macedonia

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,012 (0,01)

Carambola

Brazil

Methomyl

0,15 (0,01)

Brazil

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,16 (0,01)

Methomyl

0,046 (0,01)

Thiametoxam

0,036 (0,01)

Carrots (mini)

Netherlands

Dieldrin +)

0,016 (0,01)

Quintozen

0,01 (0,01)

Netherlands

Dieldrin +)

0,033 (0,01)

Quintozen

0,021 (0,01)

Chili pepper

Thailand

Tebufenpyrad

0,15 (0,01)

Türkei

Acetamiprid

0,691 (0,3)

Uganda

Cypermethrin

0,675 (0,5)

Chillis green

Laos

Chlorfluazuron +)

0,018 (0,01)

Biphenyl+)

0,006 (0,01)

Chlorfenapyr +)

0,046 (0,01)

Cucumbers

Italy

Oxamyl

0,024 (0,01)

Oxamyl

0,012 (0,01)

Grapefruits

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,025 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,15 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,1 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,05 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,04 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,022 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,074 (0,01)

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,08 (0,01)

Guaves

Vietnam

Carbofuran +)

0,049 (0,01)

Lemons

Turkey

Prochloraz

1,4 (0,3)

Mangos

Peru

Prochloraz

0,96 (0,03)

Nashi pear

China

Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +)

0,022 (0,01)

Okra

Jordan

Oxamyl

0,081 (0,01)

Oranges

Egypt

Chlorpropham

0,084 (0,01)

Egypt

Chlorpropham

0,041 (0,01)

Egypt

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,034 (0,01)

Egypt

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,03 (0,01)

Imazalil

6 (4)

Egypt

Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +)

0,08 (0,01)

Egypt

Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +)

0,11 (0,01)

Morocco

Chlorpyriphos-ethyl +)

0,16(0,01)

Turkey

Bifenthrin +)

0,466 (0,05)

Pirimiphos-methyl

0,915 (0,01)

Pepper

Morocco

Dimethoat +)

0,17 ((0,01)

Omethoat +)

0,065 (0,01)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,975 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,63 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

1,031 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,642 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,858 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

2,525 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,961 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,675 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,338 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,975 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,433 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,865 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

1,259 (0,3)

Buprofezin

0,271 (0,01)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,616 (0,3)

Buprofezin

0,804 (0,01)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,63 (0,3)

Buprofezin

0,182 (0,01)

Pyridaben

2,971 (0,3)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,66 (0,3)

Buprofezin

0,15 (0,01)

Tebufenpyrad

0,297 (0,01)

Turkey

Buprofezin

0,437 (0,01)

Pyridaben

0,855 (0,3)

Turkey

Buprofezin

0,248 (0,01)

Pyridaben

1,195 (0,3)

Tebufenpyrad

0,411 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,055 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,109 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,228 (0,01)

Turkey

Acetamiprid

0,84 (0,3)

Buprofezin

0,086 (0,01)

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,06 (0,01)

Lambda-Cyhalothrin

0,052 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,219 (0,01)

Etoxazole

0,1 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos-methyl +)

0,438 (0,01)

Etoxazole

0,2 (0,01)

Turkey

Fenamiphos

0,083 (0,04)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,086 (0,01)

Pirimiphos-methyl

0,368 (0,01)

Turkey

Chlorpyriphos +)

0,172 (0,01)

Pirimiphos-methyl

0,735 (0,01)

Turkey

Pyridaben

1,234 (0,3)

Turkey

Pyridaben

1,174 (0,3)

Turkey

Pyridaben

0,958 (0,3)

Potatoes

Greece

Oxamyl

0,27 (0,01)

Greece

Oxamyl

0,14 (0,01)



Also:
Coating with unauthorised additives/coating substances.

(complaints by Spain):

- unauthorised additives on mangoes from Brazil E 905

- unauthorised additives on pineapples from Costa Rica

- unauthorised coating substances E 905 (microcrystalline wax) and E 218 (methyl p-hydroxybenzoate) on pineapples from Costa Rica

(important note: E 905 has been authorised as a coating agent on pineapples in the EU since 2012)

 

Melons: Since March, cases of salmonella infections have occurred in various countries, possibly due to Gaia, cantaloupe and/or honeydew melons from Honduras, Brazil and Costa Rica. Salmonella can adhere to the surface of the melon and be transferred to the edible part of the fruit through poor hygiene.

 

No responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information
 
 
 
 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger