Brazil — All Categories
Brazil received 229 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 77 in 2024-Q2, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella, Salmonella spp, and Salmonella typhimurium. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 45%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 44%; Destroyed: 5%; Re-dispatched: 4%; Not stated: 1%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 1%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 18 |
| 2024-Q2 | 77 |
| 2024-Q3 | 11 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 18 |
| 2025-Q2 | 17 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 16 |
| 2026-Q2 | 13 |
| 2026-Q3 | 35 |
| 2026-Q4 | 15 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 |
| 2025 | 39 |
| 2024 | 111 |
| 2023 | 53 |
| 2022 | 83 |
| 2021 | 162 |
| 2020 | 84 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products | 171 | 159.4 | Salmonella spp. |
| Meat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) | 18 | 3.5 | Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 12 | — | acephate |
| Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 8 | — | chlorpyriphos-ethyl |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 6 | — | — |
| Herbs and Spices | 4 | — | Salmonella |
| Cereals and Bakery Products | 3 | — | — |
| Fats and Oils | 3 | — | — |
| Animal By-Products | 2 | — | poultry DNA presence |
| Confectionery | 2 | — | — |
| Milk and Milk Products | 2 | — | — |
| Honey and Royal Jelly | 2 | — | — |
| Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments | 2 | — | — |
| Feed Materials | 1 | — | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea | 1 | — | — |
| Non-Alcoholic Beverages | 1 | — | — |
| Alcoholic Beverages | 1 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9284 Salmonella Drogana in poultry meat Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result PRESENCE. Salmonella
- 2026.9279 Salmonella Minesota in poultry meat from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result PRESENCE. Salmonella
- 2026.9278 Salmonella Minnesota in poultry meat Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Italy. Result PRESENCE (limit 0 null). Salmonella
- 2026.8823 Salmonella in frozen chicken meat from Brazil // Salmonella en carne de pollo congelada de Brasil Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result Detectado (limit Ausencia /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8797 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Present (limit Not present /125g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8795 salmonella spp. present in 125 g in a poultry meat preparation consignment from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result present (limit Absent in /125g). Salmonella spp.
- 2026.8786 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Present (limit Not present /125g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8784 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Present (limit Not present /125g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8782 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil. Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Present (limit Not present /125g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8779 Salmonella spp in poultry meat preparation from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result present (limit not present /125g). Salmonella spp
- 2026.8773 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat preparation from Brazil.Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result present (limit absent in /25g). Salmonella spp.
- 2026.8761 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella Typhimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Spain. Result Detectado en 25G / C=5 (limit Ausencia null). Salmonella typhimurium
- 2026.8716 Salmonella Drogana in poultry meat from BrazilMeat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry). Notified by Italy. Result presence. Salmonella Drogana
- 2026.8708 Salmonella spp. in poultry meat from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Italy. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result detected (limit not detected /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8696 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella thyphimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result detección (limit ausencia /25g). Salmonella typhimurium
- 2026.8578 Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat-preparation from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result nachgewiesen/detected (limit nicht nachweisbar /not detectable /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8576 Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat-preparation from Brazil Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result detected (limit nicht nachweisbar /not detectable /25g). Salmonellen
- 2026.8558 Salmonella spp. in frozen chicken meat-preparation from BrazilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result salmonella spp. (limit nicht nachweisbar /not detectable /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.8446 Salmonella Typhimurium in frozen chicken from Brazil // Salmonella Typhimurium en pollo congelado de BrasilPoultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products. Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Presencia (limit Ausencia en 25 g CFU/g). Salmonella typhimurium
- 2026.8439 Deterioration due to vacuum seel loss in beef from Brazil // Deterioro por pérdida del sellado al vacío en carne de vacuno de BrasilMeat and Meat Products (Other Than Poultry). Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 193 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Brazil found after entering the EU — 37 alerts, 156 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 39%, company's own check 36%, at the EU border 19%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%, other 2%, consumer complaint or illness 1%. 23 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 2023 | 25 | 7 | 18 |
| 2024 | 36 | 7 | 29 |
| 2025 | 44 | 7 | 37 |
| 2026 to date | 43 | 3 | 40 |
- 2026.9436 info: attentionAcetamiprid in fresh red table grapes Notified by Netherlands. acetamiprid
- 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
- 2026.8958 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
- 2026.8713 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
- 2026.8360 info: attentionDNA suino non dichiarato in interiora di pollo aromatizzate dal Brasile///Undeclared pork DNA found in flavoured chicken offal from Brazil Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result individuato DNA di suino//pig DNA detected (limit assente//not detected %). porcine DNA presence
- 2026.8050 info: follow-upSalmonella spp. i Listeria monocytogenes w mrożonym mięsie drobiowym z Brazylii // Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in frozen poultry meat from Brazil via Netherlands Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Listeria monocytogenesSalmonella spp
- 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
- 2026.7825 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
- 2026.7535 info: follow-upSalmonella spp. in frozen chicken breast from Brazil. Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result presence. Salmonella spp.
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W43 | 3 |
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 9 |
| 2026-W40 | 6 |
| 2026-W39 | 3 |
| 2026-W38 | 3 |
| 2026-W37 | 0 |
| 2026-W36 | 4 |
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Data and downloads
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