China — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
China received 12 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q2 and 2025-Q1. Volume peaked at 4 in 2023-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are cadmium, tolfenpyrad, and fluxapyroxad. The list below gives each of these 19 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 8 carry 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
- Re-dispatched: 67%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 1 |
| 2022-Q4 | 1 |
| 2023-Q1 | 1 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1 |
| 2023-Q3 | 4 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.1316 Cadmium in truffles from China Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 1,471. cadmium
- 2024.3415 Tolfenpyrad in green tea from China via Ukraine Notified by Hungary. Re-dispatched. Result 0,11 (+-0,06) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). tolfenpyrad
- 2023.7898 Presença do residuo de pesticida Fluxapiroxade acima do LMR Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,23 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). fluxapyroxad
- 2023.6924 prodotti contenenti bambù della specie Bambusa vulgaris, novel food/novel food cooked bamboo shoots (Bambusa vulgaris) from China Notified by Italy.
- 2023.6381 Novel food bamboo shoots (Bambusa vulgaris) imported from China Notified by Italy.
- 2023.6379 novel food non autorizzato (Germogli di Bambusa vulgaris ) dalla Cina///unauthorized novel food (Bambusa vulgaris shoots) from China Notified by Italy.
- 2023.5953 NOVEL FOOD TRAMETES VERSICOLOR Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.5204 Residuos pesticidas Notified by Portugal. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2023.3485 nnon-compliant labeling, unauthorized additives in various foods from China Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.0220 ALGHE KOMBU DISIDRATATE Notified by Italy. Result 859+/-172 mg (limit 20 mg /kg). iodine
- 2022.7508 Unauthorized additives E 202 and E 223 in boiled bamboo shoots from China Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2022.4282 redidue pesticides in fresh litchi from China Notified by Italy. Result 0,15 +/- 0,08 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). chlorpyriphos-ethyldimethomorphfluopicolideimazalil+4 more
- 2022.0657 Cadmio por encima del nivel máximo permitido en trufas índicas (Tuber indicum) de China. Cadmium above maximum level in truffles (Tuber indicum) from China. Notified by Spain. Result 0,74±0.16 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2021.6484 Dried lily flower (Hemerocallis citrina baroni) from China Notified by Portugal.
- 2021.0151 Novel Food da Cina Notified by Italy.
- 2020.5497 pesticide residues in tea Notified by France. Result 0,29+- 0,15 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipriddiafenthiurondinotefuranimidacloprid+2 more
- 2020.0872 Salmonella in dried black fungus Notified by Finland. Result Positive (limit None /25g). SalmonellaSalmonella AberdeenSalmonella Stanley
- 2020.0577 novel food in chestnut snack Notified by Italy. Destroyed.
- 2020.0201 novel food Mormodica Grosvenori from China Notified by Italy.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 64 notifications since 2020 concerned other from China found after entering the EU — 31 alerts, 33 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 52%, company's own check 33%, at the EU border 9%, consumer complaint or illness 3%, monitoring or surveillance sample 2%, other 2%. 24 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 to date | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 2026.8205 alertPesticides residues in dried black date from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.056 (limit 0.035 mg/kg - ppm). anthraquinone
- 2026.2524 info: attentionchlorfenapyr in Laiyang Pear from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,17 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinchlorfenapyrdinotefuranetoxazole+1 more
- 2026.2214 info: follow-upUnauthorised substance haloxyfop and residues of bifenthrin and iprodione in frozen edamame from China Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,089 ± 0,041 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinhaloxyfopiprodione
- 2025.10459 info: attentionFresh Truffles with exceeded cadmium values from China Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1,4 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.9468 info: follow-upNuevo alimento no autorizado "Benincasa hispida" procedentes de China vía España // Unauthorised nobel food in Benincasa hispida from China via Spain and Netherlands Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed.
- 2025.9244 info: attentionFresh Truffles with exceeded cadmium values from China via UAE Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 2,1 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.7813 info: follow-upBifenthrin and clothianidin in jujube from China Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,12 +/- 0,06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinclothianidin
- 2025.6276 alertHigh iodine content in frozen seaweed salad from China, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 10,1 ± 2,3. iodine
- 2025.6171 info: attentionExcess cadmium in frozen ceps from China Notified by France. Company's own check. Result 1.85 ± 0.555 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.5346 info: attentionHigh iodine content in dried seaweed strips from China Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3282 bzw. 36. iodine
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