Brazil — Fruits and Vegetables — Citrus
Brazil received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Citrus, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issue is demeton. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Not stated: 100%. About 7 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1519 Fresh limes (citrus latifolia) from Brazil to Portugal contaminated with pesticide demeton Notified by Luxembourg. Result 0.066. demeton
- 2021.3221 unauthorised food additives formaldehyde and ethoxylated alcohol in limes (Citrus latifolia) from Brazil Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 29 notifications since 2020 concerned citrus from Brazil found after entering the EU — 15 alerts, 14 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 62%, official control on the market 34%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%. 11 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 8 | 2 | 6 |
- 2026.9370 info: attentionPesticide residues in limes from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.03 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrchlorpyrifosprofenofos
- 2026.9002 info: follow-upstwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP pestycydu pn. chloropiryfos w limonkach, kraj pochodzenia: Brazylia ////Exceedance of the MRL for the pesticide chlorpyrifos in limes; country of origin: Brazil. Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,050 ± 0,025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.8713 info: attentionprzekroczenie NDP pestycydu dimetoatu w limonkach z Brazylii /// exceedance of the MRL for the pesticide dimethoate in limes from Brazil Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,066 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2026.7984 alertChlorpyriphos detected in limes from Brazil Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5842 info: attentionChlorpyrifos on Limes from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.029 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5649 info: attentionStwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP dla pozostałości pestycydu – diflubenzuronu w limonce pochodzącej z Brazylii // exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues – diflubenzuron in lime from Brazil Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,072 ± 0,036 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). diflubenzuron
- 2026.4060 alertUnapproved substance carbofuran in lime from Brazil via the Netherlands Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
- 2026.1959 info: attentionExceedance of the MRL for Chlorpyrifos in limes from Brazil Notified by France. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0.021 mg/kg (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9793 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos on limes from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,032 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9778 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in limes Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 0,016 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
Download all 31 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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