RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Belgium
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Belgium issued 341 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 3.4% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are United Kingdom, Turkey, Egypt. Its most-rejected product category is Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Volume in 2025 was up 24% on 2024.
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Key figures
- What Belgium does with rejected consignments, since 2020
- Re-dispatched or destroyed: 35%; Destroyed: 19%; Held, final fate not recorded: 15%; Not stated: 14%; Re-dispatched: 9%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 9% (all EU border rejections: held, final fate not recorded 33%; destroyed 21%; re-dispatched 19%; re-dispatched or destroyed 13%; treated, sorted or diverted 8%; not stated 6%). Details available for 339 of 340. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Border rejections notified by Belgium, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | |
| 2020 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | 46 | +253.8% | |
| 2022 | 54 | +17.4% | |
| 2023 | 57 | +5.6% | |
| 2024 | 49 | -14.0% | |
| 2025 | 61 | +24.5% | |
| 2026 | 60 | — | YTD |
| Total | 341 |
Origins most rejected by Belgium
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 40 |
| 2 | Turkey | 39 |
| 3 | Egypt | 33 |
| 4 | Uganda | 33 |
| 5 | China | 26 |
| 6 | India | 25 |
| 7 | United States | 23 |
| 8 | Ghana | 15 |
| 9 | Brazil | 14 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 13 |
| 11 | Vietnam | 9 |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 8 |
| 13 | Iran | 7 |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 6 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6 |
| 16 | Ecuador | 6 |
| 17 | Israel | 5 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 4 |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 3 |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| 21 | Madagascar | 3 |
| 22 | Thailand | 3 |
| 23 | Argentina | 2 |
| 24 | Peru | 2 |
| 25 | Senegal | 2 |
| 26 | Syria | 2 |
| 27 | Guinea | 1 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 1 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 30 | Kenya | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Belgium
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 72 |
| 2 | Fruits and Vegetables | 66 |
| 3 | Feed Materials | 48 |
| 4 | Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 23 |
| 5 | Herbs and Spices | 23 |
| 6 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 21 |
| 7 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 16 |
| 8 | Fats and Oils | 16 |
| 9 | Food Contact Materials | 16 |
| 10 | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 15 |
| 11 | Fish and Fish Products | 14 |
| 12 | Honey and Royal Jelly | 4 |
| 13 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 2 |
| 14 | Cephalopods and Products Thereof | 1 |
| 15 | Confectionery | 1 |
Recent rejections notified by Belgium
- 2026.8836 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United KingdomFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8488 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United KingdomFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched. Result 5x Present (limit Absent /25g).
- 2026.8480 Non-authorized GMO events in rice cakes originating from ChinaFrom China, Cereals and Bakery Products. Destroyed. Result detected (limit 0 null).
- 2026.8390 Pesticides residues in mango from EgyptFrom Egypt, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0.038 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.7878 Pesticides residues in aubergines from UgandaFrom Uganda, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0.015 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.7757 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United KingdomFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched. Result 4x Present (limit Absent /25g).
- 2026.7430 Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in cumin from PakistanFrom Pakistan, Herbs and Spices. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1800 (limit 400 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.7339 Aflatoxin B1 in Groundnut flours originating from ChinaFrom China, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4.8 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.6960 Salmonella in poultry meat preparation from BrazilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result detected (limit absent /25g).
- 2026.6045 Aflatoxines, ochratoxin A and pesticide residues in millet from MoroccoFrom Morocco, Cereals and Bakery Products. Destroyed. Result 659 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.5841 Sudan red IV and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in palm oil from Ivory CoastFrom Côte d'Ivoire, Fats and Oils. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3000 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.5787 Aflatoxins in crushed peanuts from UgandaFrom Uganda, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 151 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.5525 Enterobacteriaceae in processed animal proteins (Ovis aries) from New ZealandFrom New Zealand, Feed Materials. Result > 2 results between 10 and 300 (limit <= 2 results between 10 and 300 CFU/g).
- 2026.5310 Aflatoxin B1 in red peanut powder from UgandaFrom Uganda, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.5185 Soudan red IV dye in palm oil from GhanaFrom Ghana, Fats and Oils. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result > LOQ (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.5114 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United KingdomFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1x Present (limit Absent /25g).
- 2026.5112 Salmonella in processed animal proteins (poultry meal) from the United KingdomFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3x Present (limit Absent /25g).
- 2026.4963 Aflatoxins in peanuts from UgandaFrom Uganda, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 183 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.4907 Salmonella in poultry meat preparation from BrazilFrom Brazil, Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result detected (limit absent /25g).
- 2026.4727 Salmonella in processed petfood (from sheep) from the UKFrom United Kingdom, Feed Materials. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 2x Present (limit Absent /25g).
About RASFF border rejections
What is a RASFF border rejection?
A RASFF border rejection is a notification filed through the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed recording that a consignment of food or feed was refused entry at the EU's external border after failing an official control. It is one RASFF notification type, alongside alerts and information notifications.
What is the difference between the notifying country and the country of origin?
The notifying country is the EU or EEA member state whose authority detected the problem and filed the rejection — for example France or the Netherlands. The country of origin is where the rejected product was produced or shipped from. These pages rank member states by the number of rejections they issued.
Do border rejections protect the single market?
Yes. By stopping non-compliant consignments at the external frontier, border rejections keep unsafe or mislabelled food and feed out of the EU single market, and the shared RASFF record lets every member state act on the same information.