Egypt — Fruits and Vegetables
Egypt received 168 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 23 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are clothianidin, oxamyl, and chlorpyrifos. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 18 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from Egypt
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 33%; destroyed 32%; re-dispatched or destroyed 23%; re-dispatched 7%; 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 (27), Netherlands (24), Italy (19), of 166 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- February, March, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (42), chlorpropham (27), imidacloprid (19), dimethoate (18), chlorfenapyr (14).
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-Q4 | 9 |
| 2024-Q1 | 19 |
| 2024-Q2 | 18 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 9 |
| 2025-Q1 | 21 |
| 2025-Q2 | 12 |
| 2025-Q3 | 10 |
| 2025-Q4 | 11 |
| 2026-Q1 | 23 |
| 2026-Q2 | 19 |
| 2026-Q3 | 14 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppers & Chilies | 23 | 596 t | 905.7 | chlorfenapyr |
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 23 | 576 t | 581.7 | clothianidin |
| Citrus | 77 | 17,676 t | 54.5 | chlorpropham |
| Berries & Grapes | 26 | 6,816 t | 46.7 | oxamyl |
| Other Vegetables | 7 | 276,489 t | 4.5 | chlorpyrifos |
| Other | 7 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Stone Fruit | 2 | — | — | methomyl |
| Leafy & Herbs | 1 | — | — | omethoate |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 157 | 22,476 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.8654 Pesticides in vine leaves from Egypt Notified by Sweden. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,26 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridboscalidcarbendazim+16 more
- 2026.8390 Pesticides residues in mango from Egypt Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.038 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidincyfluthrinfurmecycloximidacloprid+2 more
- 2026.8230 Residues of clothianidin in mangoes from Egypt Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,057 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidin
- 2026.8229 PRZEKROCZNIE PESTYCYDÓW W TRUSKAWKACH Z EGIPTU // Pesticide levels exceeding limits in strawberries from Egypt Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,030 ± 0,015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenazatepropargite
- 2026.7975 unsuitable temperature regime of frozen strawberries from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.7869 Cyfluthrin in mangoes from Egypt Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,28 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). cyfluthrin
- 2026.7662 Pesticide residues on mangos/mangoes from Egypt Notified by Ireland. Destroyed. Result 0.041 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorfenapyrclothianidinpyriproxyfen
- 2026.7508 Dimethoate on mango Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,18 +/- 0,09 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2026.7417 Oxamyl on frozen strawberries Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,017 (limit 0,001 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.7390 Pesticide residues in mangoes from Egypt Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosclothianidincyfluthrinfenpropathrin+3 more
- 2026.6544 Strawberry Egypt Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.0027 (limit 0.001 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.6163 chlorpropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.048 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.5907 Przekroczenie NDP pestycydów dodyny i bifenazatu w mrożonej truskawce pochodzącej z Egiptu///Exceeding the MRLs of the pesticides dodine and bifenazate in frozen strawberries from Egypt Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,038 ± 0,019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenazatedodine
- 2026.5876 Chlorpyrifos - ethyl in orange from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. chlorpyrifos
- 2026.5702 chlorpropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.060 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.5613 przekroczenie NDP pozostałości pestycydu Oksamylu w truskawce mrożonej z Egiptu // Exceeding the MRL for the pesticide oxamyl in frozen strawberries from Egypt Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,0026+/- 0,0013 (limit 0,001 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.5405 Przekroczenie NDP pestycydu oksamylu w mrożonej truskawce pochodzącej z Egiptu/// Exceeding the MRL for the pesticide oxamyl in frozen strawberries from Egypt Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,006 ± 0,003 [wynik I 0,006 ± 0,003; wynik II 0,006 ± 0,003] (limit 0,001 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.5065 Exceeded permitted level of pesticide Chloropham in oranges from Egypt Notified by Malta. Destroyed. Result 0.11 +/- 0.06 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpropham
- 2026.4890 Residues of unauthorised pesticides (Lufenuron and Propiconazole) in Fresh Lemons from Egypt Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.036±0.018 (limit NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE EU mg/kg - ppm). lufenuronpropiconazole
- 2026.4810 propargite in strawberry diced frozen from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.045 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 201 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Egypt found after entering the EU — 54 alerts, 147 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 41%, at the EU border 32%, company's own check 24%, monitoring or surveillance sample 1%, consumer complaint or illness 0%. 24 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 34 | 9 | 25 |
| 2022 | 27 | 3 | 24 |
| 2023 | 37 | 16 | 21 |
| 2024 | 37 | 11 | 26 |
| 2025 | 29 | 7 | 22 |
| 2026 to date | 24 | 4 | 20 |
- 2026.9241 info: attentionExceeded MRL pesticide MALATHION in DRIED WHITE BEANS from EGYPT / Depasire limita la pesticidul MALATHION in FASOLE ALBA USCATA din EGIPT. Notified by Romania. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.710 +/- 0.355 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). malathion
- 2026.8649 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in mango from Egypt Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,12 ± 0,06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyrifoscyfluthrincypermethrin+1 more
- 2026.7943 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in mangoes from Egypt Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,12 ± 0,06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorpyrifosclothianidincyfluthrin+1 more
- 2026.7529 info: attentionAcetamiprid in green seedless grapes from Egypt via the Netherlands Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2,0 (limit 0,08 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2026.7229 alertNorovirus RNA in frozen strawberries from Egypt, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result positive in 25 g. norovirus
- 2026.7005 info: attentionglufosinate in oranges from Egypt via Netherlands Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,18 ±0,09 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). glufosinate
- 2026.5488 info: attentionChlorpyrifos and Chlorfenapyr above legal limits in dried tomatoes from Egypt Notified by Italy. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 0.17 +/- 0.06 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrchlorpyrifos
- 2026.5307 info: attentionChlorpyrifos ethyl and Chlorfenapyr in dried tomatoes Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 0,48 mg/Kg (± 0,24 mg/kg). (limit LMR di 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrchlorpyrifos
- 2026.4968 info: attentionUnauthorized substance oxamyl in frozen strawberries from Egypt Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 0,01 (limit 0,001 mg/kg - ppm). oxamyl
- 2026.4749 alertcadusafos in carrots from Egypt Notified by Slovenia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.058 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). cadusafos
Data and downloads
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