Ecuador — Herbs and Spices
Ecuador received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Herbs and Spices between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, fipronil, and imidacloprid. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries 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
- Re-dispatched or destroyed: 100%. About 0 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5163 Chlorpyrifos ethyl, Imidacloprid, Fipronil in green pepprecon from Ecuador Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,27± 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosfipronilimidacloprid
- 2021.5376 Especie vegetal (Amaranthus quitensis) no autorizada-infusiones-Ecuador // Unauthorized vegetable species (Amaranthus quitensis)-infusions-Ecuador Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned herbs and spices from Ecuador found after entering the EU — 1 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: monitoring or surveillance sample 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.9754 alertAflatoxinas en ají para seco procedente de Ecuador// Aflatoxins in ají para seco from Ecuador Notified by Spain. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market, destroyed. Result 36,5. Aflatoxin B1
Data and downloads
Download all 3 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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