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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 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.

 

January 2025

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Bananas Ecuador Chlorpyriphos + 0,05 (0,01)
Cauliflower Belgium Flonicamid 0,45 (!) (0,03)
Dill, fresh Uzbekistan Propiconazole 0,36 (!) (0,02)
Uzbekistan Penconazole 0,04 (0,02)
Eggplant Turkey Formetanate 0,93 (0,3)
Nectarines Spain Acetamiprid 0,27 (0,08)
Parsnips Morocco Chlorpyriphos + 0,053 (0,01)
Dithiocarbamates 0,83 (0,2)
Peppers, sweet Egypt Acetamiprid 0,14 (0,09)
Chlorfenapyr + 0,024 (0,01)
Chlorpyriphos + 0,045 (0,01)
Peru Acetamiprid 0,19 (0,09)
Carbofuran 0,037 (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr + 0,04 (0,01)
Clothianidin 0,17 (0,04)
Fipronil + 0,08 (!) (0,005)
Pomegranate Turkey Acetamiprid 0,095 (0,01)
Strawberries, frozen Egypt Oxamyl +) 0,015 (0,01)
Vine leaves Armenia Chlorpyriphos +) 0,036 (0,01)
Dithiocarbamates 1,9 (!) (0,05
Metalaxyl 0,11 (!) (0,01)
Penconazole 0,56 (!!) (0,01)
Tetraconazole 0,034 (0,01)
Egypt Carbendazim + 0,27 (0,1)
Chlorpyriphos + 0,087 (0,01)
Flusilazole 0,047 (0,01)
Imidacloprid 1 (!!!) (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,22 (!) (0,01)
Lufenuron 0,14 (!) (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,1 (0,03)
Tebuconazole 0,11 (0,02)
Thiamethoxam 0,032 (0,01)
Thiophanate-methyl 0,92 (0,1)
Egypt Abamectin + 0,023 (0,01)
Acetamiprid 0,052 (0,01)
Boscalid 0,64 (!!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr + 0,28 (!) (0,01)
Chlorpyriphos + 0,025 (0,01)
Diefenoconazole 1,8 (!) (0,05)
Emamectin 0,0051 (0,002)
Imidacloprid 0,44 (!) (0,01)
Propiconazole 0,42 (!) (0,01)
Spirodiclofen + 0,045 (0,02)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Mushrooms Belgium Plastic and glass foreign bodies in cut mushrooms
Spinach Belgium Plastic foreign bodies in frozen spinach

 

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