EU alert · RASFF Risk: Serious New Fruits and vegetables
Pesticide residues in limes from Brazil
Validated by the European Commission: · Ref. 2026.9370
Summary
Limes imported from Brazil contain higher levels of unauthorised pesticide residues than allowed, including profenofos, chlorpyrifos, and chlorfenapyr. The Netherlands notified that the products are no longer available in the market after a company自查发现问题。这种 lime 中的农药残留物，如 profenofos、chlorpyrifos 和 chlorfenapyr，超过了最大允许量，这些产品已经从市场上撤回。分布国家包括塞浦路斯和丹麦。
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Product
Limes
- Category
- Fruits and vegetables
- Product type
- Food
- Classification
- Information notification for attention
Hazards found (analytical results)
- profenofos - unauthorised substance - pesticide residues — result: 0.03 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.01 mg/kg - ppm)
- chlorpyrifos - unauthorised substance - pesticide residues — result: 0.03 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.01 mg/kg - ppm)
- chlorfenapyr - unauthorised substance - pesticide residues — result: 0.02 mg/kg - ppm (max. permitted: 0.01 mg/kg - ppm)
Measures taken
- Distribution status: Product (presumably) no longer on the market
- Notification basis: Company's own check
Distributed to
Cyprus, Denmark
Source: RASFF Window — European Commission
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