Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and selective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF.
Notification from RASFF July & August 2024
Via this you can download a table from the European Rapid alert system (RASFF) with important notifications from product category fruit & vegetables.
RASFF fruit & vegetables (July & August 2024)
| Product | Active substance | Reported value (MRL) | Country |
| [mg/kg; ppm] |
| Apples | Phosmet +) | 0,013 (0,005) | Chile |
| Apples, red | Diflubenzuron +) | 0,045 (0,01) | Turkey |
| Bananas | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,074 (0,01) | Ecuador |
| Basil | Cyfluthrin | 0,042 (0,01) | Cambodia |
| Cryomazine | 0,34 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Dinotefuran | 0,032 (0,01) | ||
| Epoxiconazole +) | 0,052 (0,01) | ||
| Isoprocarb +) | 0,03 (0,01) | ||
| Beans | Acephate +) | 4,6 (!!!) (0,01) | Kenya |
| Methamidophos +) | 0,88 (!!) (0,01) | ||
| Acephat +) | 0,41 (!) (0,01) | Kenya | |
| Methamidophos +) | 0,15 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | Kenya | |
| Acephate +) | 0.055 (0,01) | Kenya | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,10 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Methamidophos +) | 0,026 (0,01) | ||
| Carbendazim +) | 0,61 (0,2) | Kenya | |
| Blood oranges | Phosmet +) | 0,04 (0,005) | Italy |
| Cantaloupe melon | Flonicamide | 0,85 (0,4) | Spain |
| Carrots | Dieldrin +) | 0,14 (!) (0,01) | Albany |
| Champignons | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,053 (0,01) | Poland |
| Cherries | Dimethoate +) | 0,017 & 0,029 (0,01) | Italy |
| Chickpeas | 2,4-D | 0,74 (!) (0,05) | Argentina |
| Paraquat +) | 0,079 (0,01) | ||
| Paraquat +) | 0,091 (0,01) | Argentina | |
| Deltamethhrin +) | 5,93 (1) | Argentina | |
| Piperonylbutoxide | 35,7 (!!) (0,5) | ||
| Chili | Lambda-cyhalothrin | 0,27 (0,1) | Uganda |
| Chlorfenapyr +) | 0,077 (0,01) | Peru | |
| Triazophos +) | 0,023 (0,01) | ||
| Chili, mini chilli peppers | Carbofuran +) | 0,04 (!) (0,002) | Cambodia |
| Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) | 0,098 (0,01) | ||
| Dimethoate +) | 0,016 (0,01) | ||
| Courgettes, organic | Heptachlor +) | 0,018 & 0,023 (0,01) | Belgium |
| Cucumbers | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,039 (0,01) | Poland |
| Dates, organic | Bifenthrin +) | 0,036 (0,01) | Algeria |
| Chlorothalonil +) | 0,057 (0,01) | ||
| Deltamethrin +) | 0,015 (0,01) | ||
| Spiromesifen +) | 0,12 (0,02) | ||
| Drumsticks | Fenpropathrin +) | 0,093 (0,01) | India |
| Fenpropathrin +) | 0,04 (0,01) | India | |
| Methamidophos +) | 0,026 (0,01^) | India | |
| Acephate +) | 0,4 (!) (0,01) | India | |
| Monocrotophos +) | 0,30 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Methamidophos +) | 0,23 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Permethrin +) | 0,17 (0,05) | ||
| Grapefruit | Glufosinate +) | 0,34 (0,05) | South Africa |
| Grapes | Ethephon | 1,2 (1,0) | Egypt |
| Ethephon | 1,2 (1,0) | Egypt | |
| Ethephon | 1,3 (1,0) | Egypt | |
| Kiwi | Cypermethrin | 0,12 (0,05) | Argentina |
| Lychees | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,034 (0,01) | China |
| Mangoes | Propargite +) | 0,023 (0,01) | India |
| Nectarines | Formetanate | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | Spain |
| Oranges | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,015 (0,01) | Turkey |
| Phosmet +) | 0,04 (0,005) | Italy | |
| Flumetralin | 0.047 (0,01) | Egypt | |
| Chlorpropham | 0,06 & 0,024 (0,01) | Egypt | |
| Papaya | Acephate +) | 0,6 (!!) (0,01) | Brazil |
| Methamidophos +) | 0,1 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Peaches, flat | Lambda-Cyhalothrin | 0,277 (0,15) | Spain |
| Formetanate | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | Spain | |
| Pears | Phosmet +) | 0,037 (0,01) | Turkey |
| Pyriproxifen | 0,026 (0,01) | ||
| Peppers, sweet | Formetanate | 0,203 (!) (0,01) | Turkey |
| Formetanate | 0,450 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
| Formetanate | 0,204 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
| Famoxadone | 0,037 (0,01) | Albany | |
| Formetanate | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Formetanate | 0,129 (!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
| Permethrin +) | 1,058 (!!!) (0,01) | Turkey | |
| Permethrin +) | 0,23 (0,05) | Vietnam | |
| Permethrin +) | 0,33 (0,05) | Vietnam | |
| Tolfenpyrad +) | 0,033 (0,01) | ||
| Chlorfenapyr | 0,44 (!) (0,01) | Dom. Republic | |
| Clothianidin | 0,2 (0,04) | ||
| Etofenprox | 0,23 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) | Carbendazim +) | 0,85 (0,1) | Rwanda |
| Omethoate +) | 0,16 (!) 0,01 | ||
| Profenofos +) | 0,085 (0,01) | ||
| Propiconazole | 0,031 (0,01) | Vietnam | |
| Propiconazole | 0,08 (0,01) | Vietnam | |
| Propiconazole | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | Vietnam | |
| Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,026 (0,01) | Thailand | |
| Profenofos +) | 0,41 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Propiconazole | 0,024 (0,01) | ||
| Triazophos | 0,15 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Plums | Acetamiprid | 0,10 (0,03) | Serbia |
| Rambutan | Chlorpyrifos +) | 0,029 & 0,057 (0,01) | Thailand |
| Omethoate +) | 0,31 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Raspberries | Formetanate | 2,4 (!!!) (0,01) | Portugal |
| Raspberries, frozen | Dimethoate +) | 0,012 (0,01) | Poland |
| Strawberries, frozen | Oxamyl +) | 0,01 (!) (0,001) | Egypt |
| Vine leaves, in brine | Acetamiprid | 0,1 (!) (0,01) | Turkey, notified by Germany |
| Boscalid | 0,68 (!!) (0,01) | ||
| Cyflufenamid | 0,12 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Cymoxanil | 0,024 (0,01) | ||
| Cyprodinil | 0,24 (!) (0,02) | ||
| Dimetomorph | 8,3 (!!!) (0,01) | ||
| Dithiocarbamates | 14 (!!!) (0,05) | ||
| Emamectin | 0,13 (!!) (0,002) | ||
| Fluopyram | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Metalaxyl | 0,24 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Acetamiprid | 0,17 (!) (0,01) | Turkey, notified by Germany | |
| Azoxystrobin | 0,11 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Boscalid | 0,029 (0,01) | ||
| Cyprodinil | 0,31 (!) (0,02) | ||
| Dimethomorph | 1,5 (!!!) (0,01) | ||
| Dithiocarbamate | 1,4 (!) (0,05) | ||
| Fluopyram | 0,021 (0,01) | ||
| Fluxapyroxad | 0,56 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Iprovalicarb +) | 0,26 (!) (0,01) | ||
| Lambda-Cyhalothrin | 0,036 (0,01) |
+) application is prohibited
MRL exceeded: (!) ≥10 times, (!!) ≥50 times, (!!!) ≥ 100 times
Further notifications:
| Product | Reasons for complaint/rejection | Country |
| Avocado | Cadmium 0,085 & 0,099 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (2) | Peru (2) |
| Blackberries, frozen | Salmonella spp | Morocco |
| Corn cobs | Lead 0,2 mg/kg (0,1 mg/kg) | Spain, notified by Poland |
| Gherkins | Organoleptic anomalies (mould, signs of rot and deterioration) | Turkey, notified by Poland |
| Mandarins | Disinfectant / sanitizer - taste | China |
| Raspberries, frozen | Mold | Ukraine |
| Salad mix | Verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) | Austria |
| Salads | Salmonella spp | Belgium |
| Spinach | Food poisoning from tropane alkaloids in product "Fresh SPINACH in bag" | Italy |
| Listeria monocytogenes detected in 25 g in 1 of 5 samples of spinach leaves | Sweden | |
| Sprouts | Sakmonella | Netherlands |
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Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger
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