EU doubles inspections on Vietnamese durians over pesticide residue violations

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The European Union (EU) has intensified the number of its inspections for Vietnamese durians. It has moved from 10 to 20% of durians that are shipped across the borders of its territory. The change is a result of the discovery in excess pesticide residues within these durians, which is which is in direct violation of EU standards for safety. It is the Vietnam SPS Office, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has disseminated the information after the latest revisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1793.

The 19th of December in on the 19th of December, Vietnam SPS Office was notified by the SPS/WTO Committee Secretariat about the updated Regulation (EU) 2024/3153 published on the 18th of December 2024. The regulation temporarily increases formal controls as well as urgent measures for imports coming from a few third countries, which includes Vietnam for the purpose of ensuring compliance to EU Pesticide residue rules.

The increased number of inspections is a result of the large amounts of pesticides like Carbendazim, Fipronil, Azoxystrobin, Dimethomorph, Metalaxyl, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Acetamiprid and others on Vietnamese durians. The substances were above the limit of maximum residues in the EU (MRLs) that vary between 0.005 up to 0.1 mg/kg. There were violations being observed from 0.021 and 6.3 mg/kg.

Despite increased scrutiny of durians and durians, the EU continues to maintain its current inspection rate for the rest of Vietnamese agricultural products. This includes dragon fruits having a 30 percentage inspection frequency and the chilli peppers and okka being inspected at 50 percent. They are also required to be accompanied by results of a pesticide residue analysis in their shipment.

The EU performs biannual assessments to ensure compliance with their rules on food safety, which can result in changes to inspecting at the border for particular items based on findings.

Source: Vietnam.net

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