Albania — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes
Albania received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q4 and 2025-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos and tebuconazole. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched or destroyed: 50%; Held, final fate not recorded: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.5433 Unfavorable documentary and identity checks in organic blueberries ( vaccinium myrtillus) from Albania Notified by Italy.
- 2025.3195 Non-compliant documentation for a shipment of blueberries (Vaccinium Myrtillus) from Albania Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2022.4210 Chlorpyrifos in raspberry leaves from Albania Notified by Austria. Result 0,033 ± 0,017 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2021.2161 Pesticide residue in strawberries from Albania Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,090 +/-0,045 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). tebuconazole
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Albania found after entering the EU — 1 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 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2023.8602 info: follow-upCyflumetofen in strawberries from Albania Notified by Greece. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1.6 ± 0.8 (limit 0.60 mg/kg - ppm). cyflumetofen
Data and downloads
Download all 5 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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Albania country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →