China — Fruits and Vegetables — Citrus
China received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Citrus, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2026-Q4. The most-cited issue is prochloraz.
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Quarterly rejections, last 1 quarter
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8945 przekroczony poziom zawartości pestycydu prochlorazu w suszonych pomarańczach z Chin// Excessive levels of the pesticide prochloraz found in dried oranges from China Notified by Poland. prochloraz
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 20 notifications since 2020 concerned citrus from China found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 19 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 55%, official control on the market 20%, at the EU border 15%, monitoring or surveillance sample 10%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.8236 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos in pomelos form China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.033 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.1590 info: attentionForeign bodies (glass splinters) in mandarin oranges in glass jars from China Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2024.9037 alertChlorpyrifos-methyl in pomelo Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,21 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
- 2024.5229 info: attentionSensory deviation in Mandarin oranges from China Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. disinfectant/sanitizer
- 2024.1935 info: attentionDepasire LMA pesticid chlorpirifos in POMELO origine CHINA/Exceeding LMA pesticid chlorpirifos in POMELO CHINA Notified by Romania. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.1036 info: attentionChlorpyrifos, Propiconazole and Buprofezin in Pomelo from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 0,02 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorpyrifospropiconazole
- 2024.0167 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in grapefruits from China Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,064 ± 0,032 (limit <0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2023.8667 info: follow-upExceeding of MRL for chlorpyrifos, dimethomorph and lufenuron in pomelo from CHINA Notified by Romania. At the EU border, destroyed. Result 0.031+/-0.016 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosdimethomorphlufenuron
- 2023.4484 info: follow-upOrange peel not correctly labeled with sulfur dioxide content Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2023.0901 info: attentionSubstanta neautorizata butachlor in pomelo, origine China// Unauthorised substance butachlor in pomelo, origin China Notified by Romania. Company's own check, destroyed. Result 0,027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). butachlor
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