Egypt — Other Food Product / Mixed
Egypt received 5 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acetamiprid, boscalid, and imidacloprid. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other food product / mixed from Egypt
- 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
- Held, final fate not recorded 60%; destroyed 20%; re-dispatched or destroyed 20%. 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
- Germany (2), Spain (2), Malta (1), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- acetamiprid (3), azoxystrobin (3), boscalid (3), imidacloprid (3), lambda-cyhalothrin (3).
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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.3290 Pesticide residues in grape leaves from Egypt Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,59 +/- 0,30 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). AzoxystrobinSpirotetramatacetamipridboscalid+11 more
- 2025.9718 Salmonella en orégano seco de Egipto//Salmonella in dried oregano from Egypt Notified by Spain. Result DETECTADO EN 25 GRAMOS (limit NO DETECTADO /25g). Salmonella spp
- 2025.8273 Pesticide residues in grape leaves in brine from Egypt Notified by Germany. Result 0,058+/-0,029 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridboscalidclothianidin+8 more
- 2025.2767 Aditivo no autorizado en limones de Egipto // Unauthorised additive in lemons from Egypt Notified by Spain. Result 237 (limit no permitido mg/kg - ppm). E 202 - potassium sorbate
- 2024.3686 Pesticide residues in grape leaves from Egypt Notified by Malta. Destroyed. Result 0.030± 0 .015 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridbifenthrinboscalid+11 more
- 2022.6150 Pesticide residues in vine leaves in brine from Egypt Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,28 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridboscalidcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+10 more
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 8 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Egypt found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 5 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 50%, official control on the market 38%, company's own check 12%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.8600 info: follow-upConsignment of sauces prohibited for import Notified by Netherlands. At the EU border, reached the market.
- 2023.7918 info: attentionPesticides residues in pickled Grape leaves from Egypt Notified by Malta. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1.3± 0.7 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridbenomil/carbendazimboscalidcarbendazim+11 more
- 2023.0379 info: follow-upPesticide residues in pickled vine leaves from Egypt Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,154 +/- 0,077 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+5 more
- 2022.6396 info: attentionMaximum levels of pesticides exceeded in pickeled grape leaves from Egypt Notified by Germany. At the EU border. Result 15 Exceedances (limit between 0,01 and 0,1 g/kg). pesticide residues
- 2022.1283 alertPresence of ethylene oxide in the product "origanum majorana" Notified by France. Company's own check. Result 0,069. ethylene oxide
- 2021.4388 info: follow-upPesticide residues in grape leaves in brine from Egypt Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,45 ± 0,23 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyrifoscyflufenamidcyprodinil+10 more
- 2021.3881 alertExceedance of maximum levels of pesticide residues in grape leaves in brine from Egypt Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,083 ± 0,042 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2021.2981 alertPesticide residues in pickled vine leaves from Egypt Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Carbendazim 2,0 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimpropiconazolethiophanate-methyl
Data and downloads
Download all 14 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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