Egypt — Fruits and Vegetables — Stone Fruit
Egypt received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Stone Fruit, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q1 and 2024-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are methomyl, cyfluthrin, and imidacloprid. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Re-dispatched: 50%; Not stated: 50%. About 0 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q1 | 1 |
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2024.7932 Cyfluthrin, imidacloprid, methomyl in frozen apricots from Egypt Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,28 +/- 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). cyfluthrinimidaclopridmethomyl
- 2024.2746 Presence of unauthorized pesticide in cherry tomatoes from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.028 +/- 0.014 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
- 2022.0959 Undeclared Sulphites and Unauthorised use of Benzoic Acid in Apricot and Fig Jam, from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 94,9 (limit UNDECLARED mg/kg - ppm). E 210 - benzoic acidsulphite
- 2021.6954 Chlorpyrifos in frozen apricot from Egypt Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,027 ± 0,014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned stone fruit 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.4717 info: attentionchlorpyrifos, clothianidin , imidacloprid , dimethoate in fresh peaches from Egypt Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,084 +/- 0,042 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosclothianidindimethoateimidacloprid
- 2025.3805 info: attentionExceeding the pesticide MRL (CHLORPYRIFOS and IMIDACLOPRID) in peaches from Egypt ////// Depasire LMA pesticide (CHLORPYRIFOS si IMIDACLOPRID) in piersici origine Egipt Notified by Romania. At the EU border. Result 0.152+/-0.076 mg/kg (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosimidacloprid
Data and downloads
Download all 6 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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