Rambutan products of Vietnam has been warned by the EU that it contains banned substances

The Office of Notification and National Inquiry Point on Sanitation, Epidemiology and Quarantine of Vietnam (SPS) said that, in October 2021, the warning system of food and animal feed safety of Vietnam The European Union (RASFF) continues to issue 4 notices for Vietnamese exported food products due to violations of food safety regulations. Accordingly, rambutan products were warned due to the detection of hazards from the plant protection drug Imidacloprid with a concentration of 0.015 mg/Kg; thiamethoxam 0.011 mg/Kg, clothianidin 0.019 mg/Kg, phenylphenol 0.021 mg/Kg. In addition, the banned substances permethrin with a concentration of 0.93 mg/Kg, and profenofos 0.029 mg/Kg affected consumers' health. Similarly, dried wood ear products were found to have chlorpyrifos residues in excess of the maximum allowable residues. According to the severity of the risk, this 700kg batch of dried wood ear mushrooms has been recalled by the Federal Republic of Germany on the market. Next is ...