Colombia — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
Colombia received 26 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2025-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acephate, cyprodinil, and methomyl. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 7.0 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Colombia over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 11 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Colombia
Lower risk. Colombia ranks 6th of 6 origins shipping tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 7.0 — the lowest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 157,048 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the lowest rejection rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 46%; destroyed 27%; re-dispatched or destroyed 23%; re-dispatched 4%. 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
- Netherlands (18), France (4), Spain (3), of 26 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, February, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- acephate (4), imidacloprid (3), chlorfenapyr (2), chlorothalonil (2), cyprodinil (2).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 6 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8371 High results for pesticides for granadilla from Colombia Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.2 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2026.6348 Passion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.022 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). trifloxystrobin
- 2026.4850 Ciprodinilo en Mango / Cyprodinil in mangoes Notified by Spain. Result 0,87 ± 0,44 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). cyprodinil
- 2026.4809 Passion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezin
- 2026.4595 methomyl in passion fruit from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched. Result 0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2026.4246 Ciprodinilo en Mango de Colombia // Ciprodinil in Colombian mangoes Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 1.7 ± 0.9 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). cyprodinil
- 2026.3172 difenoconazole and pyrimethanil in passionfruit from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.26 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). difenoconazolepyrimethanil
- 2026.2940 Procloraz en mangos de Colombia // Prochloraz in mangoes from Colombia Notified by Spain. Result 1.6mg (limit 0.03mg /kg). prochloraz
- 2026.1402 cyantraniliprole in Colombian passion fruit Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.12 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). cyantraniliprole
- 2026.1246 thiabendazole in Colombian Passion Fruit Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). thiabendazole
- 2025.9734 Passion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2025.5665 Pesticide residues in Granadilla from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.021 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophos
- 2025.5517 Maracuya Colombia Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.19 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate
- 2025.2570 Multiple pesticide residues in granadilla from Colombia Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.063 ± 0.032 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). acephateboscalid
- 2025.1702 Passion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate
- 2025.0728 Imidacloprid in passionfruit from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.026 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imidacloprid
- 2025.0413 Prochloraz in granadilla from Colombia Notified by France. Result 0.14±0.07 (limit 0,030 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
- 2025.0288 Passion Fruit Colombia Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.35 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
- 2025.0287 Pesticide residues in Colombian Passionfruit Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.060 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2025.0067 chlorothalonil in Colombian passionfruit Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.058 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 33 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Colombia found after entering the EU — 15 alerts, 18 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 45%, at the EU border 42%, official control on the market 12%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 to date | 11 | 5 | 6 |
- 2026.5678 info: attentionCadmium on Mangosteens from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.030 (limit 0.020 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.4747 info: attentionCiprodinilo en mangos frescos de Colombia / Cyprodinil in fresh mangoes from Colombia Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,44 ± 0,22 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). cyprodinil
- 2026.4564 alertPesticides residues in Barbary fig from Colombia Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,043 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). omethoate
- 2026.4554 alertCiprodinilo en Mango de Colombia // Cyprodinil in Colombian mangoes Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.88 ± 0.44 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). cyprodinil
- 2026.4198 alertPesticides residues in Barbary fig from Colombia Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.028 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrindithiocarbamatesomethoate
- 2026.3911 info: attentionCadmium in mangosteen from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.045 ± 0.008 (limit 0.020 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.3826 alertOmethoate and dithiocarbamates residues in Barbary fig from Colombia Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.041 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamatesomethoate
- 2026.1582 info: attentionCadmium on Avocado from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0.053 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.1260 alertCadmium in Avocado from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0.12 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.1198 info: attentionCadmium in avocado from Colombia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0.086 (limit 0.050 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
Data and downloads
Download all 62 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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