Afghanistan — Fruits and Vegetables — Stone Fruit
Afghanistan received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Stone Fruit, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q3 and 2025-Q2. The most-cited issue is E220- sulfur dioxide. The list below gives each of these 3 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 33%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 33%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 33%. About 1 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 4 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.3034 Missing allergen (Sulfur dioxide) labeling on dried apricots from Afganistan Notified by Latvia. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 1246±100 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2025.1021 Unlabeled Sulphur dioxide and exceed maximum level of Sulphur dioxide 3441±275 mg/kg in apricots from Afghanistan Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 879±70 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2024.5787 Dried apricots from Afganistan with too high level of suphites Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. Result 4001±320 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 8 notifications since 2020 concerned stone fruit from Afghanistan found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 2 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 75%, official control on the market 25%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 2 | 0 |
- 2026.3669 alertExceed maximum levels of hydrocyanic acid 56 ± 17 mg/kg in apricot kernels from Afghanistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 56 ± 17 (limit 20 mg/kg - ppm). cyanide
- 2026.0052 alertExceed maximum level Sulphur dioxide and unlabeled (SO2) in dried apricots with kernels from Afghanistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 6269 ± 502 mg/kg (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2025.2496 alertUndeclared allergen (sulfur dioxide) and excessive levels of sulfur dioxide in dried apricots from Afghanistan Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3420 ± 684 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2024.9421 alertundeclared Sulphur dioxide E 220 3087±247 mg/kg in dried apricots from Afghanistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3087±247 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2024.6271 alert Missing allergen (Sulfur dioxide) labeling on dried apricots from Afganistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border. Result 1184±118 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.4974 alertDried apricots from Afganistan unlabelled for sulphites and with too high level of suphites Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 4630±370 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.3787 info: follow-upDried apricot (Shakar Parah) from Afganistan with E220- sulfur dioxide 3863±208 mg/kg Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 3863±208 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2023.7995 info: follow-upUndeclared allergenic sulphur dioxide in dried apricots Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3700 +/- 800. sulphur
Data and downloads
Download all 11 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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