RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Greece
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Greece issued 707 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 7.1% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are Nigeria, Sudan, Turkey. Its most-rejected product category is Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Volume in 2025 was up 7% on 2024.
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Key figures
- What Greece does with rejected consignments, since 2020
- Treated, sorted or diverted: 61%; Re-dispatched: 17%; Held, final fate not recorded: 15%; Destroyed: 3%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 3% (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%). Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Border rejections notified by Greece, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | — | |
| 2020 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | 29 | -23.7% | |
| 2022 | 134 | +362.1% | |
| 2023 | 165 | +23.1% | |
| 2024 | 126 | -23.6% | |
| 2025 | 135 | +7.1% | |
| 2026 | 77 | — | YTD |
| Total | 707 |
Origins most rejected by Greece
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 214 |
| 2 | Sudan | 195 |
| 3 | Turkey | 71 |
| 4 | India | 52 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 27 |
| 6 | China | 20 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 17 |
| 8 | United States | 14 |
| 9 | Iran | 11 |
| 10 | Egypt | 10 |
| 11 | Madagascar | 10 |
| 12 | Uganda | 10 |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 8 |
| 14 | Chad | 4 |
| 15 | Jordan | 3 |
| 16 | Mali | 3 |
| 17 | Oman | 3 |
| 18 | Syria | 3 |
| 19 | Albania | 2 |
| 20 | Argentina | 2 |
| 21 | Bolivia | 2 |
| 22 | Georgia | 2 |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 2 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 26 | Venezuela | 2 |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 1 |
| 28 | Australia | 1 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 30 | Iraq | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Greece
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 545 |
| 2 | Fruits and Vegetables | 62 |
| 3 | Herbs and Spices | 28 |
| 4 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 23 |
| 5 | Food Contact Materials | 17 |
| 6 | Feed Materials | 10 |
| 7 | Confectionery | 4 |
| 8 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 4 |
| 9 | Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 3 |
| 10 | Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments | 2 |
| 11 | Alcoholic Beverages | 1 |
| 12 | Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | 1 |
| 13 | Cephalopods and Products Thereof | 1 |
| 14 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 1 |
| 15 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 1 |
Recent rejections notified by Greece
- 2026.9347 Chlorpyrifos in cumin powder from BangladeshFrom Bangladesh, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Result 0.039 ± 0.020 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm).
- 2026.9213 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from IndiaFrom India, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Result Presence of Salmonella spp. (limit Absence of Salmonella spp. /25g).
- 2026.9107 Cadmium (Cd) in avocado from Peru From Peru, Fruits and Vegetables. Destroyed.
- 2026.8888 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds from IndiaFrom India, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.8887 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanFrom Sudan, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2026.8810 Absence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from SudanFrom Sudan, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.8691 Acetamiprid in black eyed beans from MadagascarFrom Madagascar, Fruits and Vegetables.
- 2026.8607 Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.8606 Aflatoxin B1 in dried figs from Türkiye From Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.8437 Insufficient documentation for plastic food contact materials from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Food Contact Materials.
- 2026.8304 Ochratoxin A and total aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye From Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 15.3±4.1 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.8302 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 21.9 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.8300 Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye From Turkey, Fruits and Vegetables. Re-dispatched. Result 14,1±1,1 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.8227 Absence of documentation for food contact materials from TürkiyeFrom Turkey, Food Contact Materials.
- 2026.7956 Absence of documentation for food contact materials from ChinaFrom China, Food Contact Materials.
- 2026.7916 Insufficient documentation for plastic food contact materials from ChinaFrom China, Food Contact Materials.
- 2026.7619 Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from NigeriaFrom Nigeria, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN 3 X OF THE 10 UNITS (limit ABSENSE /25g).
- 2026.7500 Salmonella spp. in sesame seeds form Nigeria From Nigeria, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN ONE OF TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g).
- 2026.7225 Aflatoxins in shelled groundnuts from ArgentinaFrom Argentina, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 6,7±1,5 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb).
- 2026.6934 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from NigeriaFrom Nigeria, Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result presence (limit absence /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.