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Here we provide you with a monthly retrospective and selective summary of relevant reports classified as "serious" 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.

 

August & September 2025

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Apricots Spain Acetamiprid 0,18 (0,08)
Bananas Peru via Spain  Chlorpyriphos +) 0,039 (0,01)
Beans Benin Chlorpyriphos +) 0,024 (0,01)
Dichlorvos 0,054 (0,01)
Dimethoate 0,036 (0,01)
Burundi Acephate +) 0,37 (!) (0,01)
Dimethoate 0,02 (0,01)
Methamidophos +) 0,068 (0,01) 
Omethoate 0,03 (0,01)
Cucumbers Netherlands Acetamiprid 0,22 (0,05)
Netherlands Acetamiprid 0,12 (0,05)
Kiwi Chile, via France Spirodiclofen +) 0,073 (0,01)
Lemons Iran, via Austria Acephate +) 0,033 (0,01)
Prochloraz 1,4 (0,3)
Profenofos +) 0,023 (0,01)
Propargite 0,057 (0,01)
Propiconazole 1,2 (!!!) (0,01)
Unknown  0,14 (0,01)
Lime Brazil Chlorpyriphos +) 0,022 (0,01)
Lychees Bangladesh Carbendazim 0,38 (!) (0,01)
Melons France Flonicamid 0,45 (0,4)
Mango Egypt Acetamiprid 0,17 (!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr 0,032 (0,01)
Clotianidin 0,28 (0,04)
Imidacloprid 0,044 (0,01)
Okra Jordan Oxamyl +) 0,023 (!) (0,001)
Peaches Greece Phosmet +) 0,066 (0,01)
Pears Turkey Acetamiprid 0,12 (!) (0,01)
Turkey Cypermethrin 0,18 (!) (0,01) 
Phosmet +) 0,0096 (0,001)
Pyriproxyfen 0,028 (0,01)
Peppers, fresh Albania Acetamiprid 0,31 (0,09)
Flonicamid 0,87 (0,3)
Formetanate 0,16 (!) (0,01)
Turkey Formetanate 1,502 (!!!) (0,01)
Turkey Formetanate 0,093 (0,01)
Turkey Fosthiazate 0,151 (0,02)
Turkey Spirotetramat +) 3,182 (1,0)
Turkey Spirotetramat +) 2,327 (1,0)
Turkey Spirotetramat +) 7,066 (1,0)
Peppers, red horn Morocco Flonicamid 0,46 (0,3)
Pineapples Panama Chlorpyriphos +) 0,13 (!) (0,01)
Pitahaya Peru Iprodione 1,28 (!!!) (0,01)
Rocket salad Italy Acetamiprid 4,1 (3,0)
Strawberries (frozen) Egypt Oxamyl +) 0,011 (!) (0,001)
Egypt Bifenazate 0,019 (0,01)
Oxamyl +) 0,01 (!) (0,001)
Table grapes Italy lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,13 (0,08) 
Tomatoes, Cherry vine Spain Abamectin 0,076 (0,015)
Tomatoes Turkey Acetamiprid 0,37 (0,06)
Turkey Formetanate 0,0937 (0,3)
Zucchini, Baby- South Africa Oxamyl +) 0,0096 (0,001)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Avocado Colombia Cadmium 0,072 mg/kg (0,05 mg/kg)
Peru Cadmium no value  (0,05 mg/kg)
Baby spinach France Listeria monocytogenes
Broccoli spouts Germany Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) 
Ceps, frozen China Cadmium 1,85 mg/kg (0,5 mg/kg)
Gamma salad Italy Salmonella
Mango Senegal, via Netherlands Cadmium 0,064 mg/kg (0,2 mg/kg)
Mixed leaves Ireland Listeria monocytogenes (2)
Rocket salad Italy Salmonella
Tomatoes Morocco Foreign objects
Vegetable mix (frozen) Belgium Foreign objects

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