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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.

 

May 2025

Product Active substance Reported value (MRL) Country
[mg/kg; ppm]
Bitter gourd Chlorothalonil +) 1,2 (!!!) (0,01) Tanzania
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,1 (!) (0,01)
Grapefruits Chlorpyrifos-methyl +) 0,08 (0,01) Turkey
Fenvalerate 0,122 (0,02)
Lemons Prochloraz 2,018 (!!) (0,03) Turkey
Long beans (Vigna unguiculata)  Chlorfenapyr +) 0,045 (0,01) China
Chlorpyrifos +) 0,023 (0,01)
Procymidone +) 0,022 (0,01)
Propargite +) 0,036 (0,01)
Pears Simazine 0,25 (!) (0,01) Netherlands
Peppers, fresh Tebufenpyrad 0,354 (!) (0,01) Turkey
Peppers, beef-horn Chlorpyrifos +) 0,038 (0,01) Morocco
Thiabendazole 0,039 (0,01)
Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.)  Chlorfenapyr +) 0,023 (0,019 Thailand
Cypermethrin 1,7 0,5)
Dinotefuran +) 0,057 (0,01) Peru
Methamidophos +) 0,077 (0,01)
Permethrin +) 0,63 (!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,33 (!) (0,01) Peru
Dinotefuran +) 0,25 (!) (0,01)
Fipronil +) 0,022 (0,005)
Permethrin +) 1,8 (!) (0,05)
Phenthoate +) 0,043 (0,01)
Spinach lambda-Cyhalothrin 1,0 (0,6) Spain
Strawberries (frozen) Oxamyl +) 0,012 (!) (0,001) Egypt
Oxamyl +) 0,0037 & 0,0074 (0,001) Egypt

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Reasons for complaint / rejection Country
Avocado Cadmium 0,053; 0,059; 0,065 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg) (3) Peru (3)
Chillies Lead 0,83 mg/kg (0,5 mg/kg) Spain
Okra (frozen) Cadmium 0,029 mg/kg (0,02 mg/kg) Bangladesh

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