RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Netherlands
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Netherlands issued 1,068 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 11.1% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are India, Brazil, United States. Its most-rejected product category is Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Volume in 2025 was down 30% on 2024.
Border rejections notified by Netherlands, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | |
| 2020 | 130 | — | |
| 2021 | 145 | +11.5% | |
| 2022 | 216 | +49.0% | |
| 2023 | 180 | -16.7% | |
| 2024 | 185 | +2.8% | |
| 2025 | 130 | -29.7% | |
| 2026 | 80 | — | YTD |
| Total | 1,068 |
Origins most rejected by Netherlands
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 198 |
| 2 | Brazil | 149 |
| 3 | United States | 148 |
| 4 | Egypt | 94 |
| 5 | China | 74 |
| 6 | Turkey | 61 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 60 |
| 8 | Argentina | 59 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 41 |
| 10 | Thailand | 33 |
| 11 | Kenya | 28 |
| 12 | Bolivia | 19 |
| 13 | Colombia | 18 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 15 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 13 |
| 16 | Uganda | 12 |
| 17 | Nigeria | 6 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 5 |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 5 |
| 20 | Ghana | 4 |
| 21 | South Africa | 3 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 2 |
| 23 | Morocco | 2 |
| 24 | Paraguay | 2 |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| 26 | Sudan | 2 |
| 27 | Uruguay | 2 |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 1 |
| 29 | France | 1 |
| 30 | Guyana | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Netherlands
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 482 |
| 2 | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 140 |
| 3 | Fruits and Vegetables | 139 |
| 4 | Herbs and Spices | 130 |
| 5 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 101 |
| 6 | Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 12 |
| 7 | Feed Materials | 12 |
| 8 | Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 10 |
| 9 | Fish and Fish Products | 9 |
| 10 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 7 |
| 11 | Food Contact Materials | 5 |
| 12 | Fats and Oils | 4 |
| 13 | Animal By-Products | 3 |
| 14 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 3 |
| 15 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 3 |
Recent rejections notified by Netherlands
- 2026.6628 MalaysiaDietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foodsunauthorised novel food ingredient Eurycoma Longifolia (Tongkat Ali) and prohibted substance sildenafil
- 2026.6623 IndiaHerbs and SpicesCuminseed Whole India Pesticide Residue Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+7 more
- 2026.6544 EgyptFruits and VegetablesStrawberry Egypt Pesticide Residue oxamyl
- 2026.6353 IndiaCereals and Bakery ProductsRice India Pesticide Residue carbendazimtricyclazole
- 2026.6351 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsSalmonella spp. present in 25 g in a poultry meat preparation consignment from Brazil Salmonella spp.
- 2026.6348 ColombiaFruits and VegetablesPassion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residue trifloxystrobin
- 2026.6341 EgyptNuts, Nut Products and SeedsGroundnuts Egypt Aflatoxin B1 Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.6337 United StatesNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxin in groundnuts from USA Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6336 IndonesiaHerbs and SpicesExceedance of aflatoxin & ochratoxin in Nutmeg from Indonesia Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2026.6335 United StatesNuts, Nut Products and SeedsAflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6217 NigeriaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsSalmonella spp in hulled sesame seeds from Nigeria Salmonella
- 2026.6214 ChinaCereals and Bakery ProductsHydrolysed Rice Flour China GMO genetically modified
- 2026.6210 United StatesNuts, Nut Products and SeedsPeanutbutter USA Aflatoxin B1 Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.6198 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsSalmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.6163 EgyptFruits and Vegetableschlorpropham in oranges from Egypt chlorpropham
- 2026.6137 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsSalmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.6004 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsSalmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.6002 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsSalmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.6001 BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.5951 IndiaCereals and Bakery ProductsTricyclazole in basmati rice from India tricyclazole
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.