Brazil — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
Brazil received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issue is thiophanate-methyl. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 100%. About 1 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6632 E 211 - sodium benzoate unauthorised in frozen passion fruit and dragon fruit (pitahaya) pulps / Rejeição de Polpas de Frutas Congeladas com aditivo não autorizado (E211 Benzoato de ódio) Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
- 2024.1598 pesticides in pitahaya form Brazil Notified by Portugal. Destroyed. Result 4,6 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). thiophanate-methyl
- 2021.3600 E 445 glycerol esters of wood rosins non authorised in coating of fresh mangoes from Brazil / Aditivos no autorizados en mangos frescos de Brasil Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3596 unauthorised food additive ethoxylated alcohol in mangoes from Brazil Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3500 unauthorised food additives formaldehyde and ethoxylated alcohol polydimethylsiloxane in the coating of mangoes from Brazil Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3499 unauthorised food additives formaldehyde and ethoxylated alcohol polydimethylsiloxane in the coating of mangoes from Braz Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3397 MANGOS, ADITIVOS RECUBRIMIENTO NO AUTORIZADOS, BRASIL // MANGO, UNAUTHORIZED COATING ADDITIVES, BRAZIL Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3275 unauthorised food additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2 -benzoisothiazolinone in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3265 Aditivos de recubrimiento no autorizados-mangos-brasil/Unauthorized coating additives-mangos-Brazil (unauthorised food additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2 -benzoisothiazolinone in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil) Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2021.3264 presencia de aditivos no autorizados-mangos- Brasil/presence of unauthorized additives-mangoes- Brazil (unauthorised food additives formaldehyde and ethoxylated alcohol in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil) Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3255 unauthorised food additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2 -benzoisothiazolinone in coating of mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3254 ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2-benzoisothiazolidine in mango from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3252 ethoxylated alcohol and formaldehyde in mango from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3246 Unauthorized additives in coating on mangoes from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3229 Unauthorized additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2-benzoisothiazolidine in the coating of mangoes from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3226 MANGOS FRESCOS. PRESENCIA SUSTANCIA NO AUTORIZADA COMO ADITIVO EN AGENTE RECUBRIMIENTO. BRASIL/FRESH MANGOES. PRESENCE OF UNAUTHORIZED SUBSTANCE AS AN ADDITIVE IN COATING AGENT. BRAZIL (unauthorised food additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2 -benzoisothiazolinone in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil) Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3224 unauthorised food additives ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2-benzoisothiazolidine in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3223 unauthorised food additives formaldehyde and ethoxylated alcohol in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3217 ethoxylated alcohol and 1,2-benzoisothiazolidine in mangoes (Mangifera indica) from Brazil Notified by Spain.
- 2021.3216 ethoxylated alcohol and and 1,2-benzoisothiazolidine unauthorized in mango from Brazil Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 12 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Brazil found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 9 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 58%, at the EU border 33%, company's own check 8%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 0 | 3 |
- 2026.8958 info: attentiondiafenthiuron in papayas from Brazil Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). diafenthiuron
- 2026.7825 info: attentionGuava contaminated with the pesticide chlorpyrifos from Brazil Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,052 +/- 0,026. chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1305 info: attentionclorpirifos en Mangos Brasil/ Chlorpyrifos in Mangoe from Brazil Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.08 (0.04-0.12 ) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.9009 info: attentionPrzekroczenie NDP chloropiryfosu w świeżym mango, kraj pochodzenia Brazylia/// Exceeding the MRL for chlorpyrifos in fresh mango, country of origin Brazil Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,035 ± 0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.4811 info: attentionPesticide residues on papayas Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.071 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). diafenthiuronfluopyrampropamocarb
- 2024.8119 alertPesticide residues acephate and methamidophos in papaya from Brazil via Netherlands Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,025 ± 0,013 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophos
- 2024.5159 info: attentionacephate , methamidophos in papaya from Brasile Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 0,6 +/- 0,3 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophos
- 2023.4482 info: attentionPesticide residue (ethephon) in papayas from Brazil Notified by Portugal. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,2 +/- 0,6 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). ethephon
- 2023.3467 info: attentionExceedance of maximum residue limit (MRL) due to acephate in papaya from Brazil Notified by Germany. At the EU border, destroyed. Result 0,10 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate
- 2022.6807 info: attentionunauthorized genetically modified organism in yellow papaya Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. genetically modified
Data and downloads
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