India — Fruits and Vegetables — Leafy & Herbs
India received 30 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Leafy & Herbs, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 6 in 2023-Q4, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are monocrotophos, methamidophos, and acephate. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 172.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import leafy & herbs from India
- 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 902 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 0.2 t (median of 38 lot weights recorded at the border).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 53%; re-dispatched or destroyed 40%; held, final fate not recorded 3%; not stated 3% (11 tonnes in all). 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
- France (24), Switzerland (3), Malta (1), of 30 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, July, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- methamidophos (10), monocrotophos (10), acephate (7), fenpropathrin (4), fipronil (4).
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-Q4 | 6 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 4 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8549 Salmonella in betel leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Detected (limit Not detected /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.3809 Salmonella in betel leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Detected (limit Not detected /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.1784 Tebuconazole in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.053±0.027 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). tebuconazole
- 2025.7217 Permethrin in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.20 ± 0.10 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrin
- 2025.6682 Monocrotophos in drumstick (moringa oleifera) from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.036±0.018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2025.6601 Methamidophos in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.066 ± 0.033 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methamidophos
- 2025.4390 Tricyclazole in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Result 0.12±0.06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tricyclazole
- 2025.4167 Monocrotophos in drumstick (moringa oleifera) leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.022 ± 0.011 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2025.3762 Multiple pesticide residues in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.25 ± 0.13 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophosmonocrotophos
- 2025.3641 Multiple pesticide residues in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.18±0.09 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophosmonocrotophos
- 2025.3158 Monocrotophos in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.21 ± 0.11 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2025.0239 Monocrotophos in drumstick (moringa oleifera) leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 7±4 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2024.9231 Fenpropathrin and Methamidophos in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.035±0.018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenpropathrinmethamidophos
- 2024.5826 acephate, methamidophos, monocrotophos and permethrin in drumstick from India Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.40 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophosmonocrotophospermethrin
- 2024.5763 Methamidophos in drumsticks from India Notified by Malta. Destroyed. Result 0.026± 0 .013 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). methamidophos
- 2024.5556 Pesticide residue above MRL in moringa/drumsticks from India Notified by Norway. Destroyed. Result 0,04 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenpropathrin
- 2024.5512 Fenpropathrin in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Result 0.093 ± 0.047 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenpropathrin
- 2024.4687 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Drumsticks from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.03 (limit 0.0054 mg/kg - ppm). fipronilpermethrin
- 2024.2188 Tricyclazole in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.084 ± 0.042 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tricyclazole
- 2024.1594 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Drumsticks from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.43 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatefipronilmethamidophosmonocrotophos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned leafy & herbs from India found after entering the EU — 6 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 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2021.5524 info: attentionunauthorised substance monocrotophos in drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,038 ± 0,019 und 0,042 ± 0,021 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2021.5059 info: attentionf Exceedance of maximum limits for monocrotophos in drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,14. monocrotophos
- 2021.4891 info: attentionExceedance of maximum limits for monocrotophos in drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,15 +/- 0,08 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2021.1475 info: attentionExceedance of maximum residue limits for acephate and monocrotophos in drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,19 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemonocrotophos
- 2021.1280 info: attentionExceeding of maximum residue limits for thiophanate-methyl in Drumsticks (Moringa oleifera) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1,1/1,2 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). thiophanate-methyl
- 2021.0528 info: attentionExceedance of maximum permitted levels of thiophanate methyl in drumsticks from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,32 ± 0,16 (limit 0,10 mg/kg - ppm). thiophanate-methyl
Data and downloads
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