Burkina Faso — All Categories
Burkina Faso received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q4 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 3 in 2026-Q1. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, profenofos, and dimethoate. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 6 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 50%. About 7 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 6 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 6 | — | profenofos |
Recent rejections
- 2026.2747 Pesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina FasoFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.96 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2026.2232 Pesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina FasoFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.3 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosprofenofos
- 2026.1102 Pesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina FasoFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.041 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2025.10492 Pesticide residues (chlorpyrifos) in egg plants from Burkina Faso.Fruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.011 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.0091 Pesticides residues in aubergine from Burkina FasoFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0,013 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoatemetalaxyl
- 2024.8251 Profenofos residues in egg plants from Burkina FasaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.043 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 7 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Burkina Faso found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 1 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 57%, company's own check 43%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 3 | 0 |
- 2026.1254 alertPesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina Faso Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.15 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.0916 alertPesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina Faso Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.03 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.0170 alertsalmonella in sesame paste from Burkina Faso Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result presence (limit absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2023.7864 alertPesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina Faso Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.032 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2023.7861 alertPesticides residues in aubergines from Burkina Faso Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.14 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2023.2873 info: attentionSalmonella spp. in tiger nut flour with raw material from Burkina Faso Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Salmonella spp.
- 2020.5532 alertethylene oxide in sesame seeds Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 2.7 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 13 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
The file holds entries up to 2026-03-31. To get new ones for Burkina Faso by email, watch Burkina Faso.