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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.

 

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

 

March 2025

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Blueberries, cultivated Phosmet +) 0,65 (!!) (0,01) Chile
Beans, green Acephate +) 0,21 (!) (0,01) Kenya
Bifenthrin 0,022 (0,01)
Hexaconazol +) 0,078 (0,01)
Methamidophos +) 0,068 (0,01)
Chili peppers Acetamiprid detected Senegal
Cypermethrin
Etoxazole
Acetamiprid 0,42 (0,3) Turkey
Cucumbers Flonicamid 3,0 (0,5) Russia
Chili, mini Carbaryl 0,09 (0,01) Malaysia
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,012 (0,01)
Diazinon 0,035 (0,01)
Ethion 0,012 (0,01)
Profenofos +) 0,086 (0,01)
Lemons Chlorpyrifos +) 0,028 (0,01) Egypt
Diazinon 0,022 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,035 (0,01) Egypt
Mango Prochloraz 2,0 (!!) (0,03) Colombia
Nashi pears Chlormequat 0,53 (0,07) China
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,018 (0,01)
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,011 (0,01)
Hexaconazole +) 0,013 (0,01)
Olives, green (vaccuum.packed) Acephate +) 0,02 (0,01) Morocco
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,017 (0,01)
Oranges Dimethoate +) 0,018 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpropham +) 0,057 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,026 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,044 (0,01) Egypt
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,046 (0,01) Egypt
Dimethoate +) 0,021 (0,01)
Parsley root Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,022 (0,01) Italy
Pears Chlorpyrifos +) 0,031 (0,01) China
Peppers, sweet  Permethrin +) 0,145 (0,05) Turkey
Buprofezin 0,22 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,058 (0,01)
Abamectin 0,12 - 0,29 (0,03) Morocco
Formetanate 0,157 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,05 (0,01) Turkey
Fosthiazate 0,626 (!) (0,02)
Spirotetramat +) 2,165 (1)
Fenamiphos 0,088 (0,01) Turkey
Formetanate 0,39 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Pieapple, baby Perchlorate 0,077 (0,05) Mauritius
Savoy cabbage Chlorpyrifos +) 0,029 (0,01) Poland
Spinach Acetamiprid 1,7 (0,6) Italy
Acetamiprid 0,98 (0,6) Italy
Strawberries, frozen Bifenazate 0,023 (0,01) Poland
Strawberries  Oxamyl +)  0,021 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Tomatoes Indoxacarb 0,11 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Yardlong beans Lufenuron +) 0,12 (!) (0,01) Sri Lanka
Profenfos +) 0,6 (!!) (0,01)
Novaluron +) 0,24 (!) (0,001) Sri Lanka
Fenobucarb 0,27 (!) (0,01) Sri Lanka

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,058 & 0,061 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (2) Peru (2)
Mung beans Cadmium 0,096 mg/kg (0,04 mg/kg) Venezuela
Onions Cadmium 0,056 mg/kg (0,03 mg/kg) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Papaya Genetically modified papaya in fruit preparation (raw material from India) Germany 
Peppers Cadmium 0,028 - 0,047 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Morocco
Radish sprouts, organic Bacillus cereus (with raw material from Italy) Germany,

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