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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 02/01 – 01/28/2023

 

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

 

RASFF fruit & vegetables (FEBRUARY 2023)

 

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL)[mg/kg; ppm] Country
Beans Procymidone 0,062 (0,01) Canada
Acephate +) 0,12 (!) (0,01)

Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,045 (0,01)
Blackberries Methamidophos +) 0,44 (!) (0,01) Mexico
Methamidophos +) 0,44 (!) (0,01) Mexico
Black-eyed beans   Carbaryl 1,2 (!) (0,05) Madagascar (via Turkey)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,031 (0,01)
Fenitrothion 0,024 (0,01)
Cabbage Oxamyl 0,061 (0,01) Albania
Chili peppers Cypermethrin 1,3 (0,5) Uganda
Grapefruit , rosé Butachlor +) 0,43 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Helmet beans Dimethoate +) 0,04 (0,01) Bangladesh
Lemons Dimethoate +) 0,047 (0,01) Turkey
Lime Dimethoate +) 0,025 (0,01) Brazil
Mandarines Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,02 (0,01) Spain
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,063 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,142 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,179 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,179 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,022 (0,01) Turkey
Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) Bifenthrin 0,18 (!) (0,01) Sri Lanka
Lambda-cyhalothrin 2 (!!!) (0,01)
Profenofos +) 0,096 (0,01) Sri Lanka
Oranges Chlorpyrifos +) 0,13 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,36 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,056 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Cyfluthrin 0,117 (0,02) Egypt
Dimethoate 0,049 (0,01)
Omethoate 0,021 (0,01)
Omethoate 0,029 (0,01) Egypt
Profenofos +) 0,032 (0,01) Egypt
Passion fruit Chlorfenapyr +) 0,059 (!) (0,01) Colombia
Dimethoate 0,038 (0,01)
Imidacloprid 0,03 (0,01)
Methomyl +) 0,028 (0,1)
Bifenthrin 0,034 (0,01) Ecuador
Chlorthalonil 0,33 (!) (0,01)
Dimethoate 0,02 (0,01)
Methomyl +) 0,037 (0,1)
Peas Dimethoate 0,033 (0,01) India
Dimethoate 0,070 (0,01) India
Omethoate 0,071 (0,01)
Pepper, fresh Chlorfenapyr +) 0,15 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,091 (0,01)
Propiconazole  +) 0,038 (0,01)
Acetamiprid 1,042 (0,3) Turkey
Acetamiprid 0,692 (0,3) Turkey
Acrinathrin +) 0,17 (0,08) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,023 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,021 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,188 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Diniconazole 0,036 (0,01) Turkey
Flonicamid 0,745 (0,3) Turkey
Formetanate  0,197 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Formetanate  0,153 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Pineapple Ethephon 3,6 (2) Ghana
Pitahaya Acephate +) 0,024 (0,01) Peru
Pomelo Butachlor +) 0,027 (0,01) China
Quinces Chlorpyrifos +) 0,049 (0,01) Turkey
Savoy cabbage Prothioconazole 0,31 (0,09) Belgium
Vine Leaves Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,033 (0,01) Turkey
Yard long beans Acephate +) 0,26 (!) 0,01 Sri Lanka
Bifenthrin 0,061 (0,01)
Chlorthalonil 0,028 (0,01)
Methamidophos +) 0,042 (0,01)
Methomyl +) 0,57 (0,1)
Omethoate 0,031 (0,01)
Propiconazole 0,038 (0,01)

 

+) application is prohibited

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

  

It was further reported:

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Garlic Cadmium 0,059 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) China
Leek Cadmium 0,069 mg/kg (0,04 mg/kg) Belgium
Mixed salad Benzalkonium chloride +) (BAC) 0,3 (0,1) Italy  
Lettuce Norovirus GII Italy (raw material from Spain)
Luffa acutangula Unauthorised novel food Morocco
Raspberries (frozen) Mould infestation 1,8* 103 /g Austria

 

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