India — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
India received 8 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and fluopyram. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 331.8 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 9 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 9 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from India
Below the median. India ranks 4th of 6 origins shipping tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 331.8 — above 40% of them.
least riskmost risk
- 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 769 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest rejection rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 100%. 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
- Switzerland (4), Norway (2), France (1), of 8 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- thiamethoxam (7), clothianidin (3), fluopyram (3), fenbutatin oxide (1), metalaxyl (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-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.0558 High results for pesticides for Guavas from India. Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.04 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinfluopyramthiamethoxam
- 2025.9242 Thiamethoxam above legal limits in Psidium guajava from India Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0.022±0.011 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2024.5723 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Guavas from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinthiamethoxam
- 2024.2777 Pesticide residue above MRL in Guava from India Notified by Norway. Destroyed. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fluopyramthiamethoxam
- 2024.0824 Metalaxyl in drumsticks and thiamethoxam in guava from India Notified by Norway. Destroyed. Result 0,053. metalaxylthiamethoxam
- 2024.0158 Unauthorised substances propamocarb (0.023 mg/kg - ppm) an thiamethoxam (0.019 mg/kg - ppm) in guava from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.023 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propamocarbthiamethoxam
- 2024.0087 Clothianidin, fluopyram and thiamethoxam in guavas from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.033 ± 0.017 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinfluopyramthiamethoxam
- 2023.8218 Unauthorised substance Fenbutatin oxide (0.029 mg/kg - ppm) in Guavas from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.029 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). fenbutatin oxide
- 2022.0424 Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen papaya dices from India Notified by Finland. Result Detected. Salmonella spp.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 10 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from India found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 9 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 50%, at the EU border 30%, company's own check 20%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.7727 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in pitahaya from India, via Germany Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,046 ± 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatechlorpyrifoscypermethrindithiocarbamates+2 more
- 2025.8995 info: attentionSTEC in pomegranate seeds from India, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result Isolated STX-positive E. coli strain detected. Escherichia coli shigatoxin-producing
- 2025.3125 info: attentionChlorpyrifos and quinalphos in mangoes from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosquinalphos
- 2025.1748 info: attentionGenetically modified papaya in fruit preparation from Germany, with raw material from India Notified by Germany. Company's own check. genetically modified
- 2024.5396 info: attentionPropargite in fresh mangoes from India Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,023 mg/kg ± 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
- 2024.4768 info: attentionPropargite in mangoes from India Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,034 ± 0,017 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
- 2023.6539 alertSalmonella Abaetetuba in frozen papaya from Netherlands Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result positive (limit none /25g). Salmonella
- 2023.4224 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in mango from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,028 ± 0,014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.4874 info: follow-upUnauthorised pesticide residue acephate in frozen papaya cubes from India Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,021 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate
- 2022.2131 info: attentionMaximum levels exceeded by chlorpyrifos and fluopyram in guavas from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,095. chlorpyrifosfluopyram
Data and downloads
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