EU alert · RASFF Risk: Potentially serious Fruits and vegetables
Pesticid neautorizat in banane origine Ecuador / Chlorpyrifos residues in bananas from Ecuador
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2026.8052
Summary
Bananas from Ecuador have been found to contain higher than allowed levels of chlorpyrifos, an unauthorised pesticide. The levels detected were 11 times the maximum permitted amount. The bananas are no longer on the market.
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Product
Banane /// bananas
- Category
- Fruits and vegetables
- Product type
- Food
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
Hazards found (analytical results)
- chlorpyrifos - unauthorised substance - pesticide residues — result: 0,11+/-0,055 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0,01 mg/kg - ppm)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Product (presumably) no longer on the market
- Notification basis: Surveillance programme / monitoring sample
Distributed to
Romania
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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