Egypt — Fruits and Vegetables — Peppers & Chilies
Egypt received 26 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Peppers & Chilies, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 6 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorfenapyr, buprofezin, and chlorpyrifos. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 905.7 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Egypt 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 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import peppers & chilies from Egypt
Above the median. Egypt ranks 6th of 11 origins shipping peppers & chilies to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 905.7 — above 50% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 596 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest rejection rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 39%; re-dispatched or destroyed 39%; held, final fate not recorded 17%; not stated 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
- Slovenia (6), France (4), Italy (4), of 23 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, December, March, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorfenapyr (6), chlorpyrifos (6), propargite (5), buprofezin (4), acetamiprid (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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 2 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4048 Peppers Egypt Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.31 (limit 0.04 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrclothianidinimidacloprid
- 2026.2342 Pesticide residue (profenofos) in Fresh Peppers from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Result 0,56 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
- 2026.1697 Chlorfenapyr in chili peppers from Egypt Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.57±0.29 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2026.0510 Pycoxistrobin in peppers from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.051 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). picoxystrobin
- 2026.0505 Chlorfenapyr, chlorpyrifos and acetamiprid in sweet peppers from Egypt Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.14±0.07 (limit 0,09 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorfenapyrchlorpyrifos
- 2026.0285 Exceeded of MRL for Propargite in sliced and frozen peppers from Egypt Notified by Romania. Destroyed. Result 0.095 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
- 2026.0273 Chlorpropham above legal limits in peppers from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.048 mg/kg (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2025.9871 Triadimenol above legal limits in fresh peppers capsicum annuum from Egypt Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0.11 +/- 0.06 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). triadimenol
- 2025.9808 Lambda-cyhalothrin and Acetamiprid in sweet peppers from Egypt Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.35±0.18 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2025.8668 MCPA and MCPB in peppers from Egypt Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.15 ± 0.08 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). MCPA
- 2025.2610 Pymetrozine in fresh peppers Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,097+/-0,049 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). pymetrozine
- 2025.2490 Pymetrozine in peppers from Egypt Notified by Italy. Result 0.066 +/- 0.033 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). pymetrozine
- 2025.1986 Chlorpyriphos-ethyl and Buprofezin in peppers from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,22 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorpyriphos-ethyl
- 2025.0088 Increased pesticide residues in frozen red peppers from Egypt Notified by Lithuania. Destroyed. Result 0,42±0,21 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorfenapyrchlorpyrifosdimethoate
- 2024.9148 Pesticide residues in frozen red peppers from Egypt Notified by Lithuania. Destroyed. Result 0,18±0,09 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorfenapyrchlorpyrifoslambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.8674 Pesticide residues in chillis from Egypt Notified by Austria. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,026 ± 0,013 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenazatematrine
- 2024.4778 RESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED PESTICIDE IN FRESH CAPSICUM RED & YELLOW COLOR FROM EGYPT Notified by Cyprus. Destroyed. Result 0.13 +/- 0.065 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU (0.01) mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2024.4068 Chlorpyrifos-ethyl and propargite in frozen peppers from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Destroyed. Result 0,022 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyriphos-ethylpropargite
- 2024.3932 Pesticides' residues (buprofezin) in Capsicum annuum from Egypt Notified by Italy. Result 0,087+/- 0,044 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezin
- 2024.1684 Residues of unauthorized pesticides Iprodione and Propargite in fresh Red Peppers (capsicum annuum) from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Destroyed. Result 0.44 ± 0.22 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodionepropargite
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned peppers & chilies from Egypt found after entering the EU — 2 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 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.9323 info: attentionChlorpyrifos ethyl in Peppers in brine from Egypt Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result : 0,033 mg/kg (incertezza ± 0,017 mg/Kg) (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2021.2122 info: attentionUnauthorized substance Chlorothalonil in peppers (Capsicum Annum) from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.31 (limit 0.01(unauthorized) mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
Data and downloads
Download all 36 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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