Bosnia and Herzegovina — Confectionery
Bosnia and Herzegovina received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Confectionery between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, ochratoxin A, and total. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 60%; re-dispatched 40%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Croatia (5), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (2), ochratoxin A (2), acrylamide (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8871 Mycotoxins in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 14.4. Aflatoxin B1ochratoxin Atotal
- 2026.7556 Ochratoxin A in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 12 ;6,78. ochratoxin A
- 2026.1843 Mycotoxins in hazelnut paste from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 1,78. Aflatoxin B1total
- 2025.10485 Acrylamide in gingerbread from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1034.5 (limit ≤ 800 µg/kg - ppb). acrylamide
- 2024.1590 Inconsistency of the documentation and the product being imported Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina found after entering the EU — 3 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 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.8094 info: attentionnon declared allergen (milk proteins) in waffles from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Slovenia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 67,5 higher than (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). milk
- 2023.7290 info: follow-upThe presence of gluten in cocoa confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result >80,0. gluten
- 2023.6937 info: follow-upThe presence of gluten in cocoa confectionery from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 60,5. gluten
Data and downloads
Download all 8 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-07. To get new ones for Bosnia and Herzegovina by email, watch Bosnia and Herzegovina.