Albania — All Categories
Albania received 36 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 7 in 2025-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are formetanate, flonicamid, and nickel. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 17 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 66%; Re-dispatched: 23%; Held, final fate not recorded: 6%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 3%; Not stated: 3%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 |
| 2025 | 16 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 28 | — | formetanate |
| Fish and Fish Products | 4 | — | — |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 3 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8660 Proquinazide in red peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,047. proquinazid
- 2026.8432 Flonicamid in red peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,8. flonicamid
- 2026.7962 Flonicamid and acetamiprid in peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 2,6. flonicamid
- 2026.7900 Proquinazid in red pepper from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,050. proquinazid
- 2026.7880 Acetamiprid in red peppers from Republic of North MacedoniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,23. acetamiprid
- 2026.5324 Acetamiprid in red peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,41+/-0,21 (limit < 0.09 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2026.0772 Absence of health certificate in a consignment of frozen shrimp and squid skewers from AlbaniaOther Food Product / Mixed. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.10196 Pesticide residues of Formetanate and heavy metal nickel in peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0.045 (limit ≤ 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanatenickel
- 2025.8602 High content of nickel in peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,6; 0,363; 0,5. nickel
- 2025.7444 Pesticides residues of Flonicamid, Chlorfenapyr, Tebufenpyrad in chili peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,64. chlorfenapyrflonicamidtebufenpyrad
- 2025.6541 Chlorfenapyr in tomatoes from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2025.6367 High content of nickel in peaches from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,267. nickel
- 2025.5433 Unfavorable documentary and identity checks in organic blueberries ( vaccinium myrtillus) from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy.
- 2025.5400 Tebufenpyrad in fresh peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Result 0,05 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tebufenpyrad
- 2025.5095 Formetanate in fresh peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,078. formetanatepirimiphos-methyl
- 2025.4741 Formetanate in fresh peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,050 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
- 2025.4734 formetanate hydrochloride in fresh peppers from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,53 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
- 2025.4524 Residues of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in beets from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,025. chlorpyrifos
- 2025.3834 Formetanate in green beens from AlbaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,13. formetanatetebufenpyrad
- 2025.3595 Ausencia de marca de identificación en Atún de Albania/ Absesnce of identification mark. Tuna. AlbaniaFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 47 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Albania found after entering the EU — 11 alerts, 36 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 30%, company's own check 30%, at the EU border 21%, monitoring or surveillance sample 11%, consumer complaint or illness 6%, other 2%. 8 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 2026.8375 info: attentionIstamina oltre i limiti in filetti di alici in olio///Histamine above limits in anchovy fillets in oil Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result > 800 (limit 400 mg/kg - ppm). histamine
- 2026.5598 alertExceeded levels of Fluopyram and Tebufenpyrad in peppers from Albania Notified by Slovenia. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamidtebufenpyrad
- 2026.1370 info: attentionAnisakis simplex in anchovy fillets in sunflower seed oil with extra virgin olive oil Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Anisakis simplex parasitic infestation with
- 2025.7564 info: attentionIncreased amount of mycotoxin B1 in pistachio paste produced in Italy, coming via Albania Notified by Croatia. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 10,5 (limit ≤ 8 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.6834 alertpesticide residues in fresh pepper from Albania Notified by Slovenia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.16 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridflonicamidformetanate
- 2025.5160 info: attentionFlonicamid in fresh peppers from Albania Notified by Slovenia. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,70+/-0,35 (limit 0,3 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.5044 info: attentionstwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP Flonikamidu w Papryce szpiczastej odmiana Kapia pochodzącej z Albanii////confirmation of exceedance of the MRL for Flonicamid in pointed peppers originating from Albania Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,0 +/- 0,50 (limit 0,3 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.4069 alertSalmonella spp. in organic red clover flowers from Albania, via Croatia Notified by Germany. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Salmonella
- 2025.3302 alertSalmonella spp. in yarrow herb from Albania, via Croatia Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Salmonellen
- 2025.3235 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in oregano from Albania Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.042+/-0.021 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 0 |
| 2026-W40 | 1 |
| 2026-W39 | 1 |
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 3 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
| 2026-W35 | 0 |
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Data and downloads
Download all 101 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
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