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

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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.

 

April 2025

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Black turnip Chlorpyrifos +) 0,14 (!) (0,01) Poland
Carrots Linuron 0,041 (0,01) Netherlands
Pirimiphos-methyl +) 0,137 (!) (0,01) Moldova
Chili Chlorfenapyr +) 0,068 (0,01) Cambodia
Chlorflurazon +) 0,03 (0,01)
Dimethoate +) 0,035 (0,01)
Dinotefuran 0,018 (0,01)
Etoxazole 0,012 (0,01)
Profenofos +) 0,039 (0,01)
Omethoate 0,025 (0,01)
Courgettes 4-CPA +) 0,027 (0,01) Turkey
Dragon fruit Iprodione 0,1 (!) (0,01) Thailand
Thiamethoxam 0,067 (0,01) Thailand
Dithiocarbamates 0,2 (0,05) Vietnam
Drumsticks Monocrotophos +) 0,21 (!) (0,01) India
Kale Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,16 (!) (0,01) Spain
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,11 (!) (0,01) Spain
Lemons Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,149 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Prochloraz 1,282 (!!) (0,03) Turkey
Lettuce Chlorate +) 2,2 (0,7) Spain
Limes Oxamyl +) 0,023 (!) 0,001 Brazil
Mango, (frozen pieces) Chlorate 1,1 (0,3) Thailand, via Germany
Mangoes  Chlorpyrifos +) 0,026 (0,01) India
Quinalphos 0,025 (0,01)
Oranges Chlorpyrifos +) 0,025 (0,01) Egypt
Peppers, sweet  Pymetrozine 0,066 (0,02) Egypt
Pymetrozine 0,097 (0,02) Egypt
Pomegranate Acetamiprid 0,029 (0,01) Turkey
Carbendazim +) detected
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,047 (0,01)
Deltamethrin 0,052 (0,01)
Fluxapyroxad 0,015 (0,01)
Pyraclostrobin 0,073 (0,02)
Spirotetramate +) detected
Strawberries (frozen) Dimethoate 0,13 (!) (0,01) Egypt
Water melons Methomyl +) 0,029 (0,01) Mauritania

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,067 mg/kg & 9,1 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (2) Peru (2)
Sprouts (organic) Salmonella Netherlands

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