Brazil — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
Brazil received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Azoxystrobin, buprofezin, and chlorpyrifos. The list below gives each of these 9 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other 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 60%; destroyed 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
- Portugal (4), Germany (1), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- azoxystrobin (1), buprofezin (1), chlorpyrifos (1), fluazinam (1), pyraclostrobin (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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.2060 Utilização de Aditivo não autorizado para revestimento da superfície dos frutos Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2025.0582 Presença do aditivo E223 Metabissulfito de Sódio na categoria 4.2.4.1 Preparados de frutas e produtos hortícolas, exceto compotas // Presence of sodium metabisulphite in mixture of vegetables from Brazil Notified by Portugal. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2024.7561 Presença dos aditivos E 223(metabissulfito de sódio), E 211 (benzoato de sódio) e E 120 (carmim de cochonilha), não autorizados para na categoriana categoria de alimentos, 4.2.4.1 Preparados de frutas e legumes, exceto compotas // EN translation (unofficial): Presence of E 223 (sodium metabisulphite), E 211 (sodium benzoate) and E 120 (cochineal carmine), not authorised for the food category, 4.2.4.1 Fruit and vegetable preparations other than jam. Notified by Portugal. Reached the market, destroyed.
- 2024.3937 Pesticide residues in cinnamon apples from Brazil Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,24 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinbuprofezinchlorpyrifosfluazinam+2 more
- 2023.8768 Rejeição de Polpas de frutas com aditivo não autorizado (sulfitos) Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 5 (limit não autorizado na categoria 04.2.4 null). sulphite
- 2023.0604 Unauthorized additives in frozen fruit pulp (E 211, Sodium benzoate) Notified by Portugal.
- 2022.0730 Especie vegetal no autorizada ( Malpighia emarginata) en smoothie de acai de Brasil. Unauthorized novel food ( Malpighia emarginata) in açai smoothie from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2022.0542 Nuevo alimento no autorizado (Plinia cauliflora) de Brasil. Unauthorised novel food (Plinia cauliflora) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.4148 Unauthorised novel food pequi fruit from Brazil Notified by Portugal.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 8 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Brazil found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 5 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 50%, official control on the market 38%, at the EU border 12%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.8285 info: attentionAbamectin and famoxadone in Sugar Crisp from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0.041 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). abamectinfamoxadone
- 2025.4176 info: follow-upacefato en melones de Brasil / acephate in melons from Brasil Notified by Spain. At the EU border. Result 0.07 (+/-U 50%) mg (limit 0.01 mg /kg). acephate
- 2025.3186 alertChlorpyrifos 0.027 ppm and Flupyradifuron 0.026 ppm in Khakii from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.027. chlorpyrifospesticide residues
- 2024.3996 info: attentionAcetamiprid, buprofezin, flupyradifurone, fluxapyroxad, imidaclopride and pyraclostrobin in atemoya fruit from Brazil Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,03 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidacloprideacetamipridbuprofezinfluxapyroxad+1 more
- 2024.3379 alertpesticide in lime Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 5,3 (limit 5 /mg). imazalil
- 2024.2257 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in Carambolas (Star Fruit) Notified by Ireland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.022 ± 0.011. lambda-cyhalothrinphosmetthiamethoxamtriflumuron
- 2021.3138 alertMethomyl in Carambola from Brazil Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.15 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2021.3109 info: attentionMethomyl and Thiamethoxam in carambolas from Brazil Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,046 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrinmethomylthiamethoxam
Data and downloads
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