RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Bulgaria

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Bulgaria issued 1,180 RASFF border rejections between 2018 and 2026, 11.9% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are Turkey, Georgia, United States. Its most-rejected product category is Fruits and Vegetables. Volume in 2025 was down 14% on 2024.

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Key figures

What Bulgaria does with rejected consignments, since 2020: Destroyed: 51%; Re-dispatched: 41%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 6%; Held, final fate not recorded: 1%; Not stated: 1%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 1% (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%). About 10,370 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.

Border rejections notified by Bulgaria, by year

Year	Border rejections	YoY
2018	1	—
2019	5	—
2020	180	—
2021	268	+48.9%
2022	233	-13.1%
2023	139	-40.3%
2024	127	-8.6%
2025	109	-14.2%
2026	118	—	YTD
Total	1,180

Origins most rejected by Bulgaria

#	Origin country	Rejections
1	Turkey	1,079
2	Georgia	45
3	United States	13
4	Azerbaijan	12
5	India	11
6	China	5
7	Argentina	3
8	Iran	3
9	New Zealand	2
10	Bolivia	1
11	Brazil	1
12	Ecuador	1
13	Indonesia	1
14	Pakistan	1
15	Uruguay	1

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Product categories rejected by Bulgaria

#	Product category	Rejections
1	Fruits and Vegetables	1,024
2	Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds	109
3	Herbs and Spices	22
4	Other Food Product / Mixed	10
5	Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods	5
6	Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea	2
7	Fish and Fish Products	2
8	Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry)	2
9	Cereals and Bakery Products	1
10	Crustaceans and Products Thereof	1
11	Feed Materials	1
12	Pet Food	1

Recent rejections notified by Bulgaria

2026.9503 2026-10-26 Very high levels of ochratoxin A in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 265+/-79 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.9458 2026-10-23 Aflatoxins B1 and Ochratoxin A in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 18,4+/-5,5 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.9017 2026-10-22 Emamectin benzoate, Thiamethoxam and Tau-Fluvalinate in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result -0.047 +/- 0.024 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm).
2026.9408 2026-10-22 Aflatoxins in chili crushed from IndiaFrom India, Herbs and Spices. Destroyed. Result 9.0 ± 2.7 µg/kg (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.9406 2026-10-22 Aflatoxins in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 14.8 +/- 3.3 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.9295 2026-10-20 Aflatoxins in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 13.3+/-4.0 (limit 6.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.9021 2026-10-12 Acetamiprid аnd Malathion in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
2026.9018 2026-10-12 formetanate in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
2026.9016 2026-10-12 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
2026.8919 2026-10-08 Acetamiprid in fresh tomatoes from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
2026.8912 2026-10-08 Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched.
2026.8563 2026-09-28 Acetamiprid and Spirodiclofen in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0.740+/-0.370 (limit 0.09 mg/kg - ppm).
2026.8516 2026-09-25 Formetanate in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0.095 +/- 0.048 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm).
2026.8411 2026-09-23 Formetanate in fresh peppers from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 0.430+/- 0.215 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm).
2026.8406 2026-09-23 Ochratoxin A in dried figs paste from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 19,0+/-5,7 (limit 8.00 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.8404 2026-09-23 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed. Result 44+/-13 (limit 8.00 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.8295 2026-09-18 Ochratoxin A in fried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 31.8+/-9.5 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.8288 2026-09-18 Aflatoxin in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 16,3+/-4,1 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.8287 2026-09-18 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 25.6+/-7,7 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).
2026.8286 2026-09-18 Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A in drie figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 29,1+/-8,7 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).

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.