China — Fruits and Vegetables — Stone Fruit
China received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Stone Fruit, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2025-Q1 and 2026-Q2. The most-cited issues are E 315 - erythorbic acid and heavy metals. The list below gives each of these 3 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 67%; Re-dispatched: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 6 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5257 Aditivo no autorizado (E-315) en melocotón en conserva de China // Unauthorised additive (E-315) in tinned peaches from China Notified by Spain. Result 141 ±28. E 315 - erythorbic acid
- 2026.2595 Aditivo no autorizado en melocotones en conserva de China//Unauthorised additive found in tinned peaches from China Notified by Spain. Result 183 +/- 37 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). E 315 - erythorbic acid
- 2025.2060 Tin in canned peach strips from China Notified by Finland. Re-dispatched. Result 230 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). heavy metals
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned stone fruit from China found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 1 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 50%, at the EU border 25%, consumer complaint or illness 25%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2024.9634 info: follow-upchlorpyrifos in IQF peach segments (frozen peeled peaches) Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.017 ± 0.009 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyriphos-ethylflonicamidprochloraz
- 2022.3610 alerttin content exceeded in canned apricots from China Notified by Slovakia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 243,14 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). tin
- 2020.3851 alertCandied green plums with hydroxyanthracene derivatives from China Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. unauthorised placing on the market
- 2020.0352 alertOchratoxine in Preserved Plum Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 21 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
Data and downloads
Download all 7 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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