Ecuador — Fruits and Vegetables
Ecuador received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are imazalil, chlorpyrifos, and carbendazim. The list below gives each of these 16 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 12 carry the laboratory result and 11 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Re-dispatched: 25%; Held, final fate not recorded: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 3 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Other | 1 | — | — | thiabendazole |
"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
- 2026.9297 Chlorpyrifos in bananas from Ecuador via Bosnia and Herzegovina Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. chlorpyrifos
- 2026.6792 Plaguicidas en taro de Ecuador // Pesticides in dasheen from Ecuador Notified by Spain. Re-dispatched. Result 2,22 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimthiabendazole
- 2026.0434 Chlorpyrifos in bananas imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina origin from Ecuador Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,053. chlorpyrifos
- 2024.4772 Chlorpyrifos above legal limits in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Italy. Result 0.023 +/- 0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.2532 Exceeded PESTICIDES imazalil in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.186+/-0.093 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2022.2528 Exceeded PESTICIDES imazalil in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.320+/-0.16 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2022.2524 Exceeded PESTICIDES imazalil in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.084+/-0.0420 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2022.2513 Imazalil in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.104+/-0.052 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2022.2506 Exceeded PESTICIDES imazalil in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0310+/-0.155 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2021.5539 Aditivo no autorizado (E 523), Bananas, Ecuador /Non autorized food additive (E523), Bananas, Ecuador Notified by Spain.
- 2021.5449 Banana with non authorized aditive (E 522) - Ecuador Notified by Spain.
- 2021.6048 DIMETOATO E OMETOATO EM PITAIAS Notified by Portugal. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,097±0,049 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2021.4661 CONDICIONES DE HIGIENE DEFICIENTE (presencia de moho)- tubérculos- Ecuador/POOR HYGIENE CONDITIONS(presence of mold) - tubers- Ecuador Notified by Spain.
- 2021.5267 imazalil over the MRL in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 0.47 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
- 2021.4658 Imazalil- Plátano macho- Ecuador Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 0.98±0.49 mg (limit 0.01 mg /kg). imazalil
- 2021.4120 imazalil over the MRL in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Portugal. Result 0,061 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). imazalil
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 45 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Ecuador found after entering the EU — 13 alerts, 32 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 40%, company's own check 33%, at the EU border 22%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%. 7 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026 to date | 17 | 7 | 10 |
- 2026.9299 info: attentionThiamethoxam in dragon fruit (pitahaya) from Ecuador, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. lambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.9092 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos-methyl in organic bananas, from Ecuador via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. chlorpyrifos-methyl
- 2026.9031 alertPesticides residues in passion fruit from Ecuador Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. acephatechlorothalonildimethoateimidacloprid+3 more
- 2026.8389 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos in organic bananas, from Ecuador Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 null). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.8052 alertPesticid neautorizat in banane origine Ecuador / Chlorpyrifos residues in bananas from Ecuador Notified by Romania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,11+/-0,055 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.6443 alertChlorpyrifos on oranic bananas from Ecuador via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.023 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5429 info: attentionResiduos de plaguicidas en granadillas de Ecuador // Residuos of pesticides in passion fruit from Ecuador Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,029 ± 0,015 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). difenoconazoledimethoatefluopyramimidacloprid+2 more
- 2026.5388 info: attentionClorpirifós en pitaya de Ecuador // Chlorpyrifos in pitaya from Ecuador Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,038 +- 0,019. chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5140 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in banana from Ecuador Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.3645 info: attentionChlorothalonil and lufenuron in dragon fruit from Ecuador Notified by Switzerland. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.027 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonillufenuron
Data and downloads
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