RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Greece
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Greece issued 687 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 7.2% 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.
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 | 57 | — | YTD |
| Total | 687 |
Origins most rejected by Greece
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 211 |
| 2 | Sudan | 193 |
| 3 | Turkey | 64 |
| 4 | India | 50 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 27 |
| 6 | China | 18 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 17 |
| 8 | United States | 14 |
| 9 | Iran | 11 |
| 10 | Egypt | 10 |
| 11 | Uganda | 10 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 9 |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 7 |
| 14 | Chad | 4 |
| 15 | Jordan | 3 |
| 16 | Mali | 3 |
| 17 | Oman | 3 |
| 18 | Syria | 3 |
| 19 | Albania | 2 |
| 20 | Bolivia | 2 |
| 21 | Georgia | 2 |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 2 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 2 |
| 25 | Venezuela | 2 |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 1 |
| 27 | Argentina | 1 |
| 28 | Australia | 1 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 1 |
| 30 | Iraq | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Greece
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 536 |
| 2 | Fruits and Vegetables | 55 |
| 3 | Herbs and Spices | 28 |
| 4 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 23 |
| 5 | Food Contact Materials | 13 |
| 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
- 2026.6645 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6551 SudanNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAbsence of health certificate(s) in sesame seeds from Sudan
- 2026.6550 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6548 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6547 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6432 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6343 IraqFruits and VegetablesCadmium (Cd) in fresh wild fungi (black truffles) higher than the permitted limit cadmium
- 2026.6174 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6010 BangladeshFruits and VegetablesPesticide residues (fipronil, diafenthiuron, ethion, profenofos and propargite) in dry chilli from Bangladesh diafenthiuronethionfipronilprofenofos+1 more
- 2026.5856 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5805 GeorgiaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Türkiye Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5796 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5795 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and Seeds Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5793 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5766 EgyptNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxins in shelled peanuts from Egypt Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5765 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5619 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp. in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5585 TurkeySoups, Broths, Sauces and CondimentsUnauthorised use of E445 in lemon dressing from Türkiye
- 2026.5384 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.5236 ChinaFood Contact MaterialsAbsence of documentation for melamine plates from China
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.