India — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes
India received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, carbendazim, and propargite. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 5 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 75%; Re-dispatched: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 1 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.9257 A batch of raisins imported from India was found to be unfit for consumption due to damage to the container //Stwierdzenie nienadającej się do spożycia partii rodzynek importowanych z Indii z uwagi na uszkodzenie kontenera. pn. Infatrini peptisorb dla niemowląt, Nutricia Notified by Poland. Destroyed.
- 2025.6648 Exceeding the MRL of pesticide residues in raisins from India // przekroczenie najwyższych dopuszczalnych poziomów pozostałości pestycydów w rodzynkach z Indii Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,22+/-0,11 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). captanchlormequatchlorpyrifospropargite
- 2024.3899 Chlorpyrifos in raisins from India Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,038. carbendazimchlorpyriphos-ethyl
- 2024.3414 Pesticides residues of Carbendazim and Chlorpyrifos in raisins from India Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 1,91 ± 0,96. carbendazimchlorpyrifos
- 2023.3961 Pesticide residues in raisins from India Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,062 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propamocarbpropargite
- 2023.1013 Unauthorised substances chlorpyrifos, carbendazim and substances buprofezin,ethion and propamocarb in raisins from India Notified by Greece. Result 0.039±0.020 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezincarbendazimchlorpyrifosethion+1 more
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 9 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from India found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 7 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 33%, official control on the market 33%, monitoring or surveillance sample 22%, consumer complaint or illness 11%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.8075 info: attentionDepasire LMA de pesticide in stafide aurii origine India //// Exceeding of MRL for pesticides in golden raisins or. india Notified by Romania. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result 0,046+/-0,023. carbendazimchlorpyrifoscypermethrinimidacloprid+1 more
- 2026.5026 info: attentionPrzekroczenie NDP pestycydu chloropiryfosu w winogronach białych // Exceedance of the MRL for the pesticide chlorpyrifos in white grapes from India Notified by Poland. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,034 ± 0,017 mg/kg (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.3599 alertFenpropathrin in table grapes Mix Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,55 ± 0,28 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenpropathrin
- 2024.3531 info: attentionPesticides in red seedless grapes from India Notified by Sweden. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,14 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). dimethoatemethamidophosomethoate
- 2022.4783 info: follow-upOchratoxin A (OTA) in raisins from India Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 23,1 +/- 4,3. ochratoxin A
- 2022.4053 info: attentionLambda-cyhalothrin in grapes from India via the Netherlands Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,083 (limit 0,08 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2020.3306 alertUndeclared Sulphur Dioxide in Sultan Premium Quality Green Sultanas Notified by Ireland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 896 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
- 2020.1237 info: attentionMRL Table Grapes India Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.069 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). methomylthiodicarb
- 2020.1035 info: attention Methomyl in grapes from India Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,13 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methomyl
Data and downloads
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