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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 05/01 – 05/31/2024

 

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 (MAY 2024)

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Apricots Chlorothalonil 0,085 (0,01) Turkey
Atemoya fruit
=  a hybrid of two fruits – the sugar-apple (Annona squamosa) and the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) 		 Acetamiprid 0,03 (0,01) Brazil
Buprofezin 0,073 (0,01)
Fluxapyroxad 0,025 (0,01)
Imidaclopride 0,073 (0,01)
Pyraclostrobin 0,063 (0,01)
Beans Acephate +) 0,038 (0,01) Kenya
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,012 (0,01) Senegal
Cherries Phosmet +) 0,14 (!) (0,01) Greece
Chili Clothianidin +) 0,091 (0,04) Uganda
lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,27 (0,1)
Cinnamon apple Azoxystrobin 0,027 (0,01) Brazil
Buprofezin 0,049 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,24 (!) (0,01)
Fluazinam 0,2 (!) (0,01)
Pyraclostrobin 0,061 (0,029
Thiophanat-methyl +) 0,21 (0,1)
Cucumbers Formetanate 0,31 (!) (0,01) Greece
Dichlorvos 0,17 (!) (0,01) Russia, notified by Poland
Durian Acephate +) 0,21 (!) (0,01) Vietnam
Methamidophos +) 0,029 (0,01)
Acephate +) 0,51 (!!) (0,01) Vietnam
Acetamiprid 0,056 (0,01)
Azoxystrobin 0,056 (0,01)
Buprofezin 0,062 (0,01)
Carbendazim 2,5 (!) (0,1)
Chloranthaniliprol 0,027 (0,01)
Fenpropathrin 0,15 (!) (0,01)
Fenvalerate 0,23 (!) (0,01)
lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,056 (0,01)
Procymidon 0,26 (!) (0,01)
Grapes, mixed Fenpropathrin 0,55 (!!) (0,01) India
Grapes, red seedless Dimethoate +) 0,14 (!) (0,01) India
Methamidophos +) 0,05 (0,01)
Omethoate +) 0,034 (0,01)
Lemons Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) 0,065 (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) 0,063 (0,01) Turkey
Prochloraz +) 1,4 (!!) (0,03)
Prochloraz +) 1,458 (!!) (0,03)  Turkey
Prochloraz +) 1,881 (!!) (0,03)  Turkey
Prochloraz +) 2,445 (!!) (0,03)  Turkey
Mint, green Chlorfenapyr 3,3 (!!!) (0,01) Cambodia
Dinotefuran 0,42 (!) (0,01) 
Nitenpyram +) 0,037 (0,01)
Okra Chlorpyrifos +) 0,018 (0,01) India
Flonicamid 0,051 (0,03)
Propargite +) 0,034 (0,01)
Oranges Chlorpyrifos +) 0,021 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,031 (0,01) Egypt
Pears Diflubenzuron 0,032 (0,01) Turkey
Peppers, diced Carbofuran +) 0,0042 (0,002) China via Germany
Peppers, frozen Chlorfenapyr  0,12 (!) (0,01) Vietnam
Dimethoate +) 0,042 (0,01)
Hexaconazole +) 0,083 (0,01)
Iprovalicarb +) 0,024 (0,01)
Propiconazole 0,3 (!) (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,022 (0,01) Egypt
Propargite +) 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Peppers lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,49 (0,1) Thailand
Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) 0,158 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Acetamiprid 1,05 (0,3) Turkey
Etoxazole 0,093 (0,01)
Buprofezin 0.087 (0,01)  Egypt
Pineapples Cypermethrin 0,36 (0,05) Mauritius
lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,027 (0,01)
Potatoes, early table potatoes Fluazifop 1,2 (!!!) (0,01) Egypt
Tomatoes Chlorpyriphos-methyl +) 0,03 (0,01) Turkey
Zara (citrus medica) Chlorpyrifos +) 0,018 (0,01) Bangladesh
Dimethoate +) 0,084 (0,01)
Iprodione +) 0,012 (0,01)
Omethoate +) 0,037 (0,01)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint/rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,13 mg/kg & 0,177 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (2) Peru (2)
Lettuce Listeria monocytogenes France
Rucola (Rocket) Nitrate 8.978 mg/kg (6.000 mg/kg) Italy

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