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Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and selective summary of relevant reports from the European rapid alert system RASFF.

Notification from RASFF December 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 

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Beans, green Acephate +) 0,056 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,016 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,08 (0,01) Kenya
Hexconazole +) 0,033 (0,01) Kenya
Hexconazole +) 0,078 (0,01) Kenya
Acephate +) 0,62 (!!) (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,14 (!) (0,01)
Acephate +) 0,62 (!!) (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,024 (0,01)
Acephate +) 0,11 (!) (0,01) Kenya
Methamidophos +) 0,038 (0,01)
Metalaxyl  0,14 (0,02) Sri Lanka
Chlorthalonil +) 0,027 (0,01) Sri Lanka
Dimethoate +) 0,033 (0,01) India
Ethion 0,041 (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,029 (0,01)
Profenfos 0,053 (0,01)
Omethoate +) 0,2 (!) (0,01)
Broccoli Fluazifop 0,37 (!) (0,01) Serbia
Cauliflower, frozen Perchlorate +) 0,24  (0,05) Belgium
Clementines Chlorpyrifos +) 0,087 (0,01) Albania
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,029 (0,01) Albania
Dragonfruit Chlorfenapyr +) 0,072 (0,01) Vietnam
Drumsticks Fepropathrin +) 0,1 (!) (0,01) India
Methamidophos +) 0,035 (0,01)
Eggplant, small Omethoate +) 0,05 (0,01) Thailand
Granadillas Cyfluthrin +) 0,034 (0,01) Peru
Methomyl +) 0,647 (!!) (0,01)
Propamocarb 0,03 (0,01)
Lemons Phosmet +) 0,08 (0,01) Turkey
Buprofezin 0,041 (0,01) Turkey
Etoxazole 0,043 (0,01)
Mini cucumbers Flonicamid 1,4 (0,5) Netherlands
Oranges (organic) Chlorpyrifos +) 0,025 (0,01) Italy
Oranges   Oxamyl +) 0,018 (0,002) Egypt
Imazalil 8,5 (4) Italy
Phosmet +) 0,048 (0,005) Italy
Parsley, fresh Penconazole 0,55 (!) (0,02) Spain
Penconazole 0,7 (!) (0,02) Spain
Passion fruits Imidacloprid +) 0,057 (0,01) Colombia
Dimethomorph +) 0,03 (0,01) Thailand
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,043 (0,01)
Pepper, fresh Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,39 (0,1) Uganda
Pomegranate Acetamiprid 0,123 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Sulfoxaflor 0,057 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,031 (0,01) Turkey
Deltamethrin 0,024 (0,01)
Pyraclostrobin 0,059 (0,01)
Pomelo Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,21 (!) (0,01) China
Potatoes, red (Rooster) Chlorpyrifos +) 0,038 (0,01) Ireland
Strawberies Oxamyl +) 0,014 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Oxamyl +) 0,017 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Oxamyl +) 0,018 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Oxamyl +) 0,021 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Imidacloprid +) 0,05 (0,01) Egypt
Diflubenzuron +) 0,074 (0,01) Egypt
Table grapes Carbofuran 0,073 (!) (0,002) Peru
Tomatoes Indoxacarb 0,34 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Zucchini / Courgettes DDT +) 0,11 (!) (0,01) Spain

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Thai basil (frozen) Salmonella  India

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, AGROLAB GROUP