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RASFF - Current postings for fruit & vegetables (for food see separate article)

RASFF

Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF for which the risk has been categorised as "serious".

  

Notification from RASFF 04/01 – 04/30/2024

 

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 (APRIL 2024)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Aubergines Omethoat +) 0,013 (0,01) Thailand
Bananas Chlorpyrifos +) 0,0187 (0,01) Ecuador
Beans Acephate +) 0,041 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,045 (0,01) Kenya
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,039 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,083 (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,029 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,023 (0,01) Kenya
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,024 (0,01) Egypt
Beans, broad Chlorfenapyr +) 0,542 (!!) (0,01) Dom. Republic
Cyfluthrin 0,04 (0,01)
Cherry tomatoes Methomyl +) 0,028 (0,01) Egypt
Chili peppers (Capsicum spp) Chlorfenapyr +) 0,2 (!) (0,01) Dom. Republic
Fipronil +) 0,022 (0,005)
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,024 (0,01) Kenya
Grapefruit Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,135 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,028 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,079 (0,01)
Guaves Fluopyram 0,011 (0,01) India
Thiamethoxam +) 0,023 (0,01)
Lemons Imazalil 28,175 (5) Turkey
Imazalil 21,025 (5) Turkey
Imazalil 16,675 (5) Turkey
Imazalil 13,425 (5) Turkey
Propiconazole +)

5,604 (!!!) (0,01)

 Turkey
Prochloraz +) 1,508 (!!!) (0,03) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,087 (0,01) Türkei
Melons Chlorpyrifos +) 0,021 (0,01) Morocco
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,046 (0,01)
Oranges Dimethoate +) 0,025 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,032 (0,01) Egypt
Dimethoate +) 0,034 (0,01) Egypt
Tetramethrin +) 0,032 (0,01) Egypt
Peperoni Formetanate 0,34 (!) (0,01) Albania
Peppers Acetamiprid 1,242 (0,3) Turkey
Flonicamid 0,9 (0,3) Turkey
Spirotetramat 2,571 (1,0)
Etoxazole 0,031 (0,01) Turkey
Flonicamid 0,86 (0,3)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,21 (!) (0,01) Morocco
Fenazaquin 0,022 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,032 (0,01) Morocco
Fenazaquin 0,25 (!) (0,01)
Brompropylat +) 0,2351 (0,01) Jordan
Proquinazid 0,0329 (0,01)
Peppers, green frozen Ethephon 2,5 (!!) (0,05) Poland
Pitahaya, red Chlorthalonil 0,034 (0,01) Vietnam
Iprodion 0,13 (!) (0,01)
Plums, green  Chlorthalonil +) 0,024 (0,01) Turkey
Strawberries (frozen) Dimethoate +) 0,078 (0,01) Egypt
Carbofuran +) 0,028 & 0,017 (0,005) Egypt
Thai egg plants Oxamyl +) 0,09 (0,02) Mexico

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,095 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) Peru
Mulberries Aflatoxin B1 10 µg/kg  (2 µg/kg);
Aflatoxins (total) 15 µg/kg (4 µg/kg) &
Ochratoxin A 32  µg/kg (!) (2µg/kg)		 Turkey
Lettuce (bulls blood) Cadmium 0,42 mg/kg (0,2 mg/kg) Netherlands
Smilacis glabrae rhizoma Lead 0,15 mg/kg (≤ 0, 1 mg/kg) China
Strawberries Presence of Hepatitis A virus Morocco

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