Albania — Fruits and Vegetables — Citrus
Albania received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Citrus, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q4. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos and phosmet. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 4 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 75%; Destroyed: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 1 quarter
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q4 | 4 |
Recent rejections
- 2024.9444 Chlorpyrifos in clementines from Albania Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,087. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.9145 Pesticide residues of phosmet in clementines from Albania Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,075. phosmet
- 2024.9133 Chlorpyrifos in clementinen from Albanina Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,029. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.8842 Chlorpyrifos in clementines from Albania Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,12. chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned citrus from Albania found after entering the EU — 2 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: monitoring or surveillance sample 50%, official control on the market 50%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.0261 info: follow-upExcessive levels of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in clementines from Albania Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,029 ± 0,015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.7595 info: attention Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in clementines, origin Albania Notified by Romania. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.046 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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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