Bosnia and Herzegovina — All Categories
Bosnia and Herzegovina received 18 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acrylamide, cadmium, and Aflatoxin B1. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 19 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 61%; Re-dispatched: 33%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 6%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 4 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 6 | — | cadmium |
| Confectionery | 5 | — | total |
| Cereals and Bakery Products | 2 | — | E 200 - sorbic acid |
| Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 1 | — | Salmonella Mbandaka |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 1 | — | tebuconazole |
| Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods | 1 | — | boron |
| Prepared Dishes and Snacks | 1 | — | acrylamide |
| Wine | 1 | — | sulphite |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8871 Mycotoxins in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and HerzegovinaConfectionery. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 14.4. Aflatoxin B1ochratoxin Atotal
- 2026.7556 Ochratoxin A in biscuit with fig filling from Bosnia and HerzegovinaConfectionery. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 12 ;6,78. ochratoxin A
- 2026.1843 Mycotoxins in hazelnut paste from Bosnia and HerzegovinaConfectionery. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 1,78. Aflatoxin B1total
- 2025.10485 Acrylamide in gingerbread from Bosnia and HerzegovinaConfectionery. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1034.5 (limit ≤ 800 µg/kg - ppb). acrylamide
- 2025.8462 Salmonella Mbandaka in frozen chicken breast fillet from Bosnia and HerzegovinaPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella Mbandaka
- 2025.5156 Pesticide residues in dry yeast from Bosni and HerzegovinaOther Food Product / Mixed. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,061 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). difenoconazoleepoxiconazolepropiconazoletebuconazole
- 2025.3360 High content of microelemnt boron in food supplements from Bosnia and HerzegovinaDietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 1,73. boron
- 2025.3162 Acrylamide in corn flips from Bosnia and HerzegovinaPrepared Dishes and Snacks. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 962 (limit 750 µg/kg - ppb). acrylamide
- 2025.1494 Cadmium in onion from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,056. cadmium
- 2025.1482 High content of Sulphur dioxide in black wine from Bosnia and HerzegovinaWine. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 179,4 (limit ≤ 150 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2025.1228 Phosmet in pears from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,13 +/- 0,09 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). phosmet
- 2025.1176 Phosmet in pears from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,18 +/- 0,09 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). phosmet
- 2024.7965 Cadmium in red pepper from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,026 (limit 0,020 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.6595 Cadmium in tomatoes from Bosnia and HerzegovinaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,060. cadmium
- 2024.6530 Cadmium in red peppers for industrial purposeFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.025. cadmium
- 2024.5462 Sorbic acid in vanilla croissants from Bosnia and HerzegovinaCereals and Bakery Products. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 2465. E 200 - sorbic acid
- 2024.4656 Sorbic acid in vanilla croissants from Bosnia and HerzegovinaCereals and Bakery Products. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 2478 (limit 20,0 mg/kg - ppm). E 200 - sorbic acid
- 2024.1590 Inconsistency of the documentation and the product being importedConfectionery. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.2385 Acrylamide in biscuits from Bosnia and HerzegovinaCereals and Bakery Products. Notified by Croatia. Result 939 (limit 350 mg/kg - ppm). acrylamide
- 2023.0739 Acrylamide in biscuits from Bosnia and HerzegovinaCereals and Bakery Products. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 753 (limit 350 mg/kg - ppm). acrylamide
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 18 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Bosnia and Herzegovina found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 13 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 61%, company's own check 22%, consumer complaint or illness 11%, at the EU border 6%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 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
- 2026.5295 info: attentionScrew found in frozen pizza - Calzone Notified by Sweden. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2025.4823 info: attentionReturn of the shipment of Novel Food to Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Official control on the market, not on the market, re-dispatched.
- 2025.1405 info: attentionPhosmet in pears from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,039 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). phosmet
- 2024.8375 info: attentionSalmonella enteritidis in chicken breast fillets from Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result presence. Salmonella Enteritidis
- 2024.7339 alertCadmium in frozen spinach from Belgium Notified by Croatia. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,29. cadmium
- 2024.6199 info: attentionForeign body (metal wire) in ice cream cones from Bosnia-Herzegovina Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2023.7697 alertMykotoxiner i majsmjöl Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 58,6 mikrogram (limit 2,0 mikrogram /kg). aflatoxinsochratoxin A
- 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
- 2023.7097 info: follow-upIncreased quantity of Enterobacteria in yogurt from Bosnia Notified by Croatia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 400. Enterobacteriaceae
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W43 | 0 |
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 1 |
| 2026-W40 | 0 |
| 2026-W39 | 0 |
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 49 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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