China — Fruits and Vegetables
China received 17 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 4 in 2025-Q3, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, E 315 - erythorbic acid, and prochloraz. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 17 carry the laboratory result and 13 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from China
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 42%; held, final fate not recorded 21%; destroyed 16%; re-dispatched or destroyed 11%; not stated 11%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Poland (5), Croatia (2), Cyprus (2), of 19 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, February, March, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (3), E 315 - erythorbic acid (2), cadmium (1), chlorfenapyr (1), clothianidin (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Vegetables | 4 | — | — | thiamethoxam |
| Peppers & Chilies | 4 | — | — | profenofos |
| Berries & Grapes | 4 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Stone Fruit | 3 | — | — | E 315 - erythorbic acid |
| Other | 3 | — | — | tolfenpyrad |
| Citrus | 1 | — | — | prochloraz |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 13 | 101,725 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
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. Re-dispatched. Result 1,3 ± 0,7 (limit 0,3 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
- 2026.6159 Pesticide residues in fresh red peeked onions from China Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.055±0.028 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU - 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 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
- 2026.2750 Dinotefuran and procymidone in green peppers from China Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 0.037 ± 0.018 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dinotefuranprocymidone
- 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
- 2026.2068 Przekroczenie NDP fenpropatryny oraz iprodionu w mrożonej borówce z Chin//exceedance of MRLs for fenpropathrin and iprodione in frozen blueberries from China Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,026 ± 0,013 [wynik I 0,028 ± 0,014; wynik II 0,024 ± 0,012] (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenpropathriniprodione
- 2026.0243 przekroczenie NDP pozostałości pestycydu chloropiryfosu w rodzynkach z Chin / exceedance of the MRL for chlorpyrifos pesticide residues in raisins from China Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,010+/-0,005 (limit 0,002 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.8192 Chlorpyrifos in raisins from China Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,014+/- 0,007 (limit 0,006 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.6433 unauthorised substances chlorpyrifos and profenofos in red peppers from China Notified by Greece. Result 0.088 ± 0.044 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosprofenofos
- 2025.5884 TRUSKAWKI MROŻONE Z PRZEKROCZONĄ ZAWARTOŚCIĄ OKSAMYLU FROZEN STRAWBERRIES WITH OXAMYL CONTENT EXCEEDING 0.009±0.005 mg/kg Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,009±0,005. oxamyl
- 2025.5360 Red bell pepper granules from China, via the United Kingdom, with no CHED-D Notified by Ireland. Destroyed.
- 2025.5337 Too much pesticide residue (Chlorfenapyr) in dried chopped chili from China. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,43 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2025.2060 Tin in canned peach strips from China Notified by Finland. Re-dispatched. Result 230 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). heavy metals
- 2025.1316 Cadmium in truffles from China Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 1,471. cadmium
- 2024.8575 Mushrooms (boletus edulis) Notified by Italy. Result 0,33+/- 0,17. tetramethrin
- 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
- 2024.1701 Unauthorised novel food- extract of mushrooms Trametes Versicolor Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 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
- 2023.7606 Residues of the unauthorized pesticide Thiametoxam in IQF Diced Onions from China Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.041±0.021 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2023.6924 prodotti contenenti bambù della specie Bambusa vulgaris, novel food/novel food cooked bamboo shoots (Bambusa vulgaris) from China Notified by Italy.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 179 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from China found after entering the EU — 69 alerts, 110 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 45%, company's own check 38%, at the EU border 11%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%, consumer complaint or illness 2%, other 1%. 55 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 2021 | 22 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 28 | 8 | 20 |
| 2023 | 27 | 10 | 17 |
| 2024 | 32 | 17 | 15 |
| 2025 | 39 | 16 | 23 |
| 2026 to date | 18 | 3 | 15 |
- 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
- 2026.6796 info: follow-upExceeded levels of Iprodione and Procymidon in blueberries from China Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,050 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Procymidoniprodione
- 2026.5933 info: attentionPesticide residues in lychees from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). AzoxystrobinProcymidonacetamipridbifenthrin+12 more
- 2026.4804 info: attentionCadmium in garlic from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.078 (limit 0.050 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.4628 alertPesticide residues in pepper, from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,044 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridbuprofezincarbendazimcarbofuran+5 more
- 2026.4455 info: attentionCadmium in garlic from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0.074 (limit 0.050 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.4339 info: follow-up tetramethrin residues were detected at a level of 0.018 mg/kg in a frozen mixed mushroom blend Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tetramethrin
- 2026.3912 info: attentionPesticides residues in fresh lychee Litchi chinensis Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,037 +/- 0,019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorantraniliprolechlorfenapyrdimethomorphfluopicolide+6 more
- 2026.3610 info: follow-upCadmium in fresh garlic Notified by Denmark. Company's own check. Result 0,089 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.3605 alertCadmium in garlic from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,092 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
Data and downloads
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