Egypt — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
Egypt received 9 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, Aflatoxin B1, and chlorpropham. The list below gives each of these 16 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 14 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other 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
- Destroyed 43%; held, final fate not recorded 29%; re-dispatched 14%; re-dispatched or destroyed 14%. 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
- Croatia (2), Italy (2), Cyprus (1), of 7 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, February, June, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (4), chlorpropham (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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.3006 Pesticide residues in organges from Egypt Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,039 ± 0.020 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.1038 Chlorpyriphos pesticide residues in black olives from Egypt Notified by Italy. Result 0,022 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.0727 Table olives Notified by Italy. Result 0,071 (+/- 0,036 ); 0,044 (+/- 0,022); 0,028 (+/- 0,014); 0,044 (+/- 0,022); (limit 0.01 … chlorpyrifos
- 2025.2148 Cold chain breakdown and temperature failure during transportation of frozen shipment from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Destroyed.
- 2025.1924 Organges Egypt Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.026 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.2211 Inconsistency of documentation and shipment Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.1062 Unauthorised pesticede residue chlorpyrifoss Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 0,046±0,023 mg/kg (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2023.7204 Methomyl in cinnamon apples from Egypt Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,36 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2023.5552 Unauthorized pesticide chlopyrifos and above the limit pesticide Imazalil in Green Olives from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.023± 0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosimazalil
- 2022.7311 Residues of propamocarb above the maximum permitted level in frozen peas from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.085±0.043 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propamocarb
- 2022.5189 chlorpyrifos in organges Notified by Slovenia. Result 0,063 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.3329 Aflatossine in Arachidi con guscio dall'Egitto/aflatoxins in shelled peanut from Egypt Notified by Italy. Result 122,5 +/- 23,4 µg/Kg (limit B1: 2; sum of aflatoxins: 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2021.6558 aflatoxins in groundnuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result (10.3±0.9) (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2021.3096 unauthorised substances chlorpyrifos in sliced black olives from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.065 (limit 0.01(unauthorized) mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2021.0840 residui di pesticidi Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result Oxamil= 0.14 ± 0.07 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). pesticide residues
- 2020.1000 aflatoxins in shelled groundnuts from Egypt Notified by Italy. Result AFLATOSSINE TOT. CAMP.1 = 89,2 , AFLATOSSINE TOT CAMP.2 = 82,4. Aflatoxins B1
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 19 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Egypt found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 14 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 74%, at the EU border 21%, company's own check 5%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.2288 info: attention chlorpyrifos in olives in brine from Egypt Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 0.051+/-0.026 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.8875 info: attentionchlorpyriphos pesticide residues in black olives from Egypt Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,029 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.6864 alert Sulfite is missing from the ingredient list for pickled vegetables Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 321 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.6861 alertSulfite is missing from the list of ingredients for pickled vegetables Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 52 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2024.6817 info: attentionUnauthorized food additive, color E 129 in pickled turnips Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.2421 alertUnlabeled and too high content of sulphur dioxide in pickled artichoke from Egypt Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 180 +/- 50 (limit 100 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2024.1905 info: follow-upUnauthorized additive EDTA in pickled turnips from Egypt Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2024.1479 info: attentionContamination (faeces) in dried mallow leaves from Egypt Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market.
- 2023.7821 alertPesticides residues in dried jute mallow from Egypt Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 17 (limit 0,9 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimdithiocarbamates
- 2023.7641 info: attentionunauthorised use of colour E 122 - azorubine in pickled turnips from Egypt Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 11,2. colour E 122 - azorubine
Data and downloads
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