RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Italy
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Italy issued 905 RASFF border rejections between 2018 and 2026, 9.4% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are Turkey, China, India. Its most-rejected product category is Fruits and Vegetables. Volume in 2025 was down 7% on 2024.
Border rejections notified by Italy, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | — | |
| 2019 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | 50 | — | |
| 2021 | 115 | +130.0% | |
| 2022 | 125 | +8.7% | |
| 2023 | 143 | +14.4% | |
| 2024 | 190 | +32.9% | |
| 2025 | 177 | -6.8% | |
| 2026 | 96 | — | YTD |
| Total | 905 |
Origins most rejected by Italy
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 209 |
| 2 | China | 94 |
| 3 | India | 87 |
| 4 | United States | 82 |
| 5 | Iran | 69 |
| 6 | Egypt | 60 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 48 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 29 |
| 9 | Georgia | 21 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 20 |
| 11 | Thailand | 18 |
| 12 | Albania | 14 |
| 13 | Ecuador | 14 |
| 14 | Philippines | 14 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 12 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 10 |
| 17 | Brazil | 8 |
| 18 | Ghana | 8 |
| 19 | Argentina | 7 |
| 20 | Peru | 7 |
| 21 | Kenya | 6 |
| 22 | Japan | 5 |
| 23 | Jordan | 4 |
| 24 | Morocco | 4 |
| 25 | Syria | 4 |
| 26 | Vietnam | 4 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 3 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 3 |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 3 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 2 |
Product categories rejected by Italy
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruits and Vegetables | 292 |
| 2 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 268 |
| 3 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 76 |
| 4 | Herbs and Spices | 51 |
| 5 | Food Contact Materials | 41 |
| 6 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 23 |
| 7 | Prepared Dishes and Snacks | 18 |
| 8 | Fish and Fish Products | 15 |
| 9 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 14 |
| 10 | Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 14 |
| 11 | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 14 |
| 12 | Fats and Oils | 11 |
| 13 | Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 11 |
| 14 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 10 |
| 15 | Pet Food | 10 |
Recent rejections notified by Italy
- 2026.6687 IndiaCereals and Bakery ProductsHigh levels of aflatoxin B1 and Sum of B1, B2, G1 in Rice from India Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6539 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin in rice from Pakistan clothianidin
- 2026.6528 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin and Flutriafol in rice from Pakistan clothianidinflutriafol
- 2026.6526 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin e Flutriafol in rice from Pakistan clothianidinflutriafol
- 2026.6518 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesFoglie di vite in salamoia dalla Turchia: residui di Dithiocarbamates/dithiocarbamates in brined vine leaves from Türkiye dithiocarbamates
- 2026.6406 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesAflatoxin in dried figs from Türkiye Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6155 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin in rice from Pakistan clothianidin
- 2026.6122 VietnamPrepared Dishes and SnacksUndeclared allergen (egg) in shrimp ravioli from Vietnam egg
- 2026.5981 IndiaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsCarbendazim and Chlorpyrifos ehtyl in sesame seeds from India carbendazimchlorpyrifos
- 2026.5863 EgyptNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5661 KenyaFruits and VegetablesClothianidin - Thiamethoxam and Lambda-Cyhalothrin above legal limits in fresh peppers (capsicum spp.)from Kenya clothianidinlambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.5387 Sri LankaOther Food Product / MixedUnauthorized novel food jaggery palm (Caryota urens) from Sri Lanka
- 2026.5372 Sri LankaOther Food Product / MixedUnauthorized additive E319 in noodles from Sri Lanka
- 2026.5371 ChinaFish and Fish ProductsDifference fish specie declaration in label in surimi from China fish DNA presence
- 2026.5355 IndiaDietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified FoodsEthylene oxide in Boswellia serrata extracts from India ethylene oxide
- 2026.5313 PakistanCereals and Bakery Productsclothianidin in rice from Pakistan clothianidin
- 2026.5241 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin in rice from Pakistan clothianidin
- 2026.5138 United StatesNuts, Nut Products and Seedssuperamento limiti massimi di aflatossine / aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from Türkiye Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5052 PeruSoups, Broths, Sauces and CondimentsIllegal import of milk, eggs, bovine and poultry meat in composite products from Perù
- 2026.4979 EgyptNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxins B1 and Total in peanuts in shell from Egypt Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
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.