Brazil — Other Food Product / Mixed
Brazil received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella and E124 - Ponceau 4R/cochineal red A. The list below gives each of these 12 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 9 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other food product / mixed from Brazil
- 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
- Re-dispatched or destroyed 50%; destroyed 17%; re-dispatched 17%; held, final fate not recorded 17%. 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
- Portugal (5), Spain (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, November, January, by rejections since 2020.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7849 Missing certificate model COL in composite product from Brasil Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.6786 Perdida cadena de frio sorbete congelado Brasil // Poor temperature control frozen sorbet from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2025.5696 SUPLEMENTOS BIONUTRIX Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.3391 Desserts (powdered gelatins) from Brazil Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
- 2023.7808 "Flocão de arroz" com validade expirada Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.7762 Unauthorized novel food in jillo preserve ("Conserva de Jilózinho") Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.5482 Unauthorized additive in several products from Brazil (E 171) Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.0603 Unauthorized additives in frozen fruit pulp (E 120 and E 141i) Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.0602 Unauthorized additives in frozen fruit pulp (E 120 and E 141i) Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2021.6206 Salmonella in black pepper from Brazil Notified by Spain. Result Presencia salmonella spp // presence of salmonella spp /25g (limit ausencia // absence n… Salmonella
- 2021.4151 Pó para Refresco contendo Jabuticaba (Myrtus cauliflora), origem Brasil Notified by Portugal.
- 2021.3657 Additive E 124 / bubble gum/ Brazil Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 58 ± 8 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). E124 - Ponceau 4R/cochineal red A
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Brazil found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 4 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 60%, company's own check 40%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.6681 info: follow-upConsignment of products with dairy from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2026.4344 info: follow-upConsignment various products skipped veterinary checks in Border Control Post Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2025.10002 info: attentionpesticide residues in chickpea flour from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). aflatoxin totalpicoxystrobin
- 2024.9295 alertMethamidophos and Acephate in Mung Beans / Katjan Idju from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,39. acephatemethamidophos
- 2022.3161 info: attentionSnacks from Brazil with unauthorized ingrediente from Dipteryx alata Notified by Portugal. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
Data and downloads
Download all 17 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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