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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.

March 2026

Product Country Active substance Result
[mg/kg; ppm]
Amaranthus Togo Acetamiprid 0,5 (0,01)
Togo Acetamiprid 0,26 (0,01)
Togo Acetamiprid 0,41 (!) (0,01)
Imidacloprid 0,3 (!) (0,01)
Aubergines Burkina Faso Chlorpyriphos +) 0,3 (!) (0,01)
Profenofos +) 0,069 (0,01)
Avocado Peru Chlorpyriphos +) 0,048 (0,01)
Bananas Ecuador Chlorpyriphos +) 0,014 (0,01)
  Peru Chlorpyriphos +) 0,055 (0,01)
Broccoli Egypt Chlorate +) 3,4 (0,4)
Chili pepper Tanzania Carbendazim +) 0,35 (!) (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr +) 0,4 (!) (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,24 (0,1)
Tanzania Chlorfenapyr +) 0,067 (0,01)
Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,27 (0,1)
Kenya Acetamiprid 0,59 (0,09)
Chinese cabbage Spain Acetamiprid 0,16 (!) (0,01)
Laiyang pear China Bifenthrin 0,052 (0,01)
Chlorfenapyr 0,17 (!) (0,01)
Dinotefuran 0,066 (0,01)
Etoxazole 0,063 (0,01)
Indoxacarb 0,04 (0,01)
Lettuce Spain Lambda-Cyhalothrin 0,16 (0,15)
Longan fruit Vietnam Acetamiprid 0,58 (!!) (0,01)
Dithiocarbamate 0,24 (0,05)
Mango Peru Dimethoate 0,022 (0,01)
Peppers, sweet Turkey Tebufenpyrad 0,354 (!) (9,001)
Pomegranate Turkey Imazalil 0,171 (!) (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,478 (!) (0,03)
Turkey Prochloraz 1,49 (!!) (0,03)
Turkey Acetamiprid 0,054 (0,01)
Turkey Imazalil 0,021 (0,01)
Prochloraz 0,994 (!!) (0,01)
Strawberries Spain Formetanate 2,1 (0,4)
Strawberries, frozen Egypt Oxamyl +) 0.0064 (0,001)
Tomatoes Turkey Acetamiprid 0,132 (0,06)
Indoxacarb 0,041 (0,01)

+) application is prohibited

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

 

Further notifications:

 

Product Country Reasons for complaint / rejection
Avocado Peru Cadmium 0,08 (0,05)
Peaches (canned) China E 315 - Erythorbic acid +)

 

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