On March 29, the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported that the German health authorities had ordered a batch of tomatoes from Türkiye to be withdrawn from the market after they detected the tomatoes had 0.21 mg/kg-ppm residues of chlorothalonil, a substance that is banned in the European Union and that has a maximum residue limit (MRL) of 0.01 mg/kg-ppm.
The use of chlorothalonil was banned by the European Commission in April 2020, following an evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), because it causes DNA damage, poses a high risk to amphibians and fish, and above all because it is a factor that strongly related to the disappearance of bees, bumblebees, and other pollinators.
Given the possibility that the product has already been bought and is no longer on supermarket shelves, a warning has been issued to consumers.
Source: hortoinfo.es