India — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
India received 8 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 3 in 2025-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are thiamethoxam, tolfenpyrad, and chlorpyrifos. The list below gives each of these 13 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 9 carry the laboratory result and 9 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 50%; re-dispatched 38%; held, final fate not recorded 12%. 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
- Italy (4), Sweden (2), Greece (1), of 8 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, April, July, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorpyrifos (3), thiamethoxam (3), tolfenpyrad (2), acetamiprid (1), azoxystrobin (1).
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 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4528 Tolfenpyrad in Sesame Seeds from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tolfenpyrad
- 2025.8183 Pesticide in rice from India Notified by Sweden. Result 0.028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.5615 Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in turmeric powder from India Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 0.090 ± 0.045 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.5438 Salmonella agona in sesame seeds from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result Presence (limit Absence /25g). Salmonella
- 2025.2595 Attempted illegal import of vegetables subject to border control from India Notified by Norway. Reached the market, destroyed.
- 2025.1584 Chlorpyrifos-etyl and other pesticides in whole cumin Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Result 0,78 (limit 0,3 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyriphos-ethyl+10 more
- 2025.0590 thiamethoxam e fluopyram in guaiave fresche da India Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,084+/-0,042 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). fluopyramthiamethoxam
- 2025.0570 Thiamethoxam on guajave from India Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,026 +/- 0,013 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). thiamethoxam
- 2021.7070 unauthorised novel food plant products (Phyllanthus emblica, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Praecitrullus fistulosus, Coccinia grandis, Trigonella foenum-graecum) from India, via the United Kingdom Notified by Spain.
- 2021.5917 Ochratoxin A in spray dried soluble coffee from India Notified by Romania. Result 16,14 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2021.4313 Presencia de moho- CURCUMA (TURMERIC FINGERS)- INDIA/ Presence of rust- curcuma (turmeric fingers)- India Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2020.2430 Excessive Pesticides Notified by United Kingdom. Destroyed. Result 0.05 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonilfipronil
- 2020.1691 Non compliant documentation in the frame of a safeguard measure Notified by France.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 19 notifications since 2020 concerned other from India found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 18 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 42%, at the EU border 32%, company's own check 16%, monitoring or surveillance sample 11%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.8363 info: attentionparacetamol in nonprocessed gherkins in acetic acid Notified by Slovenia. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 4,2 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). unauthorised
- 2025.8191 info: attentionparacetamol in non -processed gherkins in acetic acid Notified by Slovenia. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, destroyed. Result 28,6 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). paracetamol
- 2025.3486 info: attentionMineral oil components (MOSH and MOAH) in urad dal flour Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.7 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.3481 info: attentionMineral oil components (MOSH and MOAH) in urad been flour (Vigna mungo) Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.6 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2025.3478 info: attentionMineral oil components (MOSH and MOAH) in chickpea flour Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2.1 (limit 1 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2024.0926 info: attention Presenza di E. Coli VTEC O103:H2 in fibra di psillio 99% dall'India//Presence of E. Coli VTEC O103:H2 in 99% psyllium fiber from India Notified by Italy. Company's own check. Result rilevato//detected (limit assenza/not detectable /25g). Escherichia coli O103
- 2023.7818 info: attentionTo high level of Dimethoat, Omethoat, Thiamethoxam, Chlorpyrifos and Carbendazim in Apple Bore from India Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,05 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimdimethoateomethoatethiamethoxam
- 2023.4992 info: follow-upPesticide residues in various fruits from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result Chlorpyrifos 0,018 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). chlorpyrifosimidaclopridlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2023.2263 info: attentionMonocrotophos in Amla from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, destroyed. Result 0,067 ± 0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2023.1234 info: attentionUnauthorized substance dimethoate in peas from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,033 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
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