RASFF Border Rejections Notified by Sweden
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Sweden issued 125 RASFF border rejections between 2019 and 2026, 1.3% of all EU border rejections in the dataset. The origins it rejects most often are India, Turkey, China. Its most-rejected product category is Fruits and Vegetables. Volume in 2025 was up 24% on 2024.
Border rejections notified by Sweden, by year
| Year | Border rejections | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | |
| 2020 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | 5 | -54.5% | |
| 2022 | 31 | +520.0% | |
| 2023 | 18 | -41.9% | |
| 2024 | 21 | +16.7% | |
| 2025 | 26 | +23.8% | |
| 2026 | 11 | — | YTD |
| Total | 125 |
Origins most rejected by Sweden
| # | Origin country | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 41 |
| 2 | Turkey | 28 |
| 3 | China | 23 |
| 4 | Egypt | 6 |
| 5 | Uganda | 5 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 4 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3 |
| 8 | Thailand | 3 |
| 9 | Madagascar | 2 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 2 |
| 11 | United States | 2 |
| 12 | Ecuador | 1 |
| 13 | Kenya | 1 |
| 14 | South Korea | 1 |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 1 |
| 16 | Sweden | 1 |
| 17 | Syria | 1 |
Product categories rejected by Sweden
| # | Product category | Rejections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruits and Vegetables | 52 |
| 2 | Herbs and Spices | 22 |
| 3 | Cereals and Bakery Products | 10 |
| 4 | Crustaceans and Products Thereof | 9 |
| 5 | Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 9 |
| 6 | Food Contact Materials | 6 |
| 7 | Other Food Product / Mixed | 4 |
| 8 | Pet Food | 4 |
| 9 | Compound Feeds | 3 |
| 10 | Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 2 |
| 11 | Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 2 |
| 12 | Fish and Fish Products | 1 |
| 13 | Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 1 |
Recent rejections notified by Sweden
- 2026.5818 ChinaFood Contact MaterialsFormaldehyde in spoon of melamine formaldehyde
- 2026.5303 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried organic figs ochratoxin A
- 2026.4322 IndiaHerbs and SpicesChlorpyrifos and 14 other pesticides in cumin powder Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+11 more
- 2026.3245 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried organic figs ochratoxin A
- 2026.3228 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried figs ochratoxin A
- 2026.2264 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried figs (fig balls) ochratoxin A
- 2026.1538 SyriaOther Food Product / MixedSalmonella enterica in tahini from Syria Salmonella enterica
- 2026.1107 IndiaFruits and VegetablesPesticides in okra from India acephate
- 2026.1034 BangladeshFruits and VegetablesPesticides (chlorpyrifos) in helmet beans chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1005 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried figs (fig balls) ochratoxin A
- 2026.0962 KenyaFruits and VegetablesPesticides in fresh chili carbendazim
- 2025.10321 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried figs ochratoxin A
- 2025.9969 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried organic figs ochratoxin A
- 2025.9851 ChinaFood Contact MaterialsFormaldehyde in plate made of melamine from China formaldehyde
- 2025.8183 IndiaFruits and VegetablesPesticide in rice from India chlorpyrifos
- 2025.8051 ThailandFruits and Vegetablespesticides in fresh chili omethoate
- 2025.7062 EgyptFruits and VegetablesPesticides in fresh mango acetamipridchlorpyrifosclothianidin
- 2025.6871 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesOchratoxin A in dried organic figs ochratoxin A
- 2025.6575 ChinaPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat ProductsLabel/document mismatch (identification mark and country of origin) in meat product from China
- 2025.6529 UgandaFruits and VegetablesPesticides in chili hexaconazole
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.