India — Fruits and Vegetables — Other Vegetables
India received 26 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Vegetables, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2024-Q4, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acephate, thiamethoxam, and monocrotophos. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 771.7 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from India over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other vegetables from India
Higher risk. India ranks 2nd of 8 origins shipping other vegetables to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 771.7 — above 86% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,909 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 3rd highest rejection rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 85%; held, final fate not recorded 15%. 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 (5), Germany (3), Italy (3), of 26 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, February, December, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- acephate (8), chlorpyrifos (4), dimethoate (4), monocrotophos (4), omethoate (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 | 3 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 5 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5998 High results for pesticides for Bottle Gourd from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.016 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidaclopridethiamethoxam
- 2026.4133 Monocrotophos in bottle gourds from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.051 ± 0.026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2026.3158 Pesticide residues in bottle gourds from India Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophosomethoatethiamethoxam
- 2026.3152 Pesticide residues in bottle gourds from India Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 1,7 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatedimethoatemethamidophosomethoate
- 2026.1729 Acefate In Bottle Gourd Da India/Acefate In Bottle Gourd From India Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,14 +/- 0,07. acephate
- 2026.1563 Acephate in bottle gourds from Kenya Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.18 ± 0.09 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate
- 2026.1150 Plomo en ajo en polvo de Indiua // Lead in garlic powder from India Notified by Spain. Result 0.9 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). lead
- 2026.1107 Pesticides in okra from India Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. acephate
- 2026.0556 High results for pesticides for okra from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.37 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.6780 Unauthorised pesticide residue (chlorpyrifos ) in black-eyed pea from India Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,046 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.4336 Dimethoate in bottle gourd from India Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2025.4311 OŁÓW (4,337 +/-0,867 MG/KG) W CZOSNKU SUSZONYM Z INDII///Lead (4.337 +/-0.867 mg/kg) in dried garlic from India Notified by Poland. Destroyed. Result 4,337 +/- 0,0,867 (limit 0,10 mg/kg - ppm). lead
- 2025.4262 Pesticide residues in Indian Okra's Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemonocrotophosthiamethoxam
- 2025.2179 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Okras from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.041 (limit 0.010 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinthiamethoxam
- 2025.0525 residui pesticidi su okra/pesticide residues on okra from India Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,217 +/- 0,109 mg/Kg. acephatediafenthiurondinotefuranmethamidophos
- 2024.9414 Unauthorised substance omethoat (0.2 mg/kg - ppm) in beans (vigna species) from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.053 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateethionlambda-cyhalothrinomethoate+1 more
- 2024.9360 Pesticide residues in dried cutted okra from India Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,27 +/- 0,14 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemonocrotophostebuconazole
- 2024.8257 pesticide residues in yard long beans from India Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). hexaconazoleprofenofos
- 2024.7883 Pesticide residues (chlorpyrifos ) in Tuvar beans from India Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,071 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.7303 Pesticides residues in beans from India Notified by Belgium. Result 0.013 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 18 notifications since 2020 concerned other vegetables from India found after entering the EU — 7 alerts, 11 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 44%, official control on the market 39%, at the EU border 17%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.2267 info: attentionPesticide residues in green beans and amla Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.35 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorpyrifosdimethoateomethoate
- 2026.1603 alertGlycidyl fatty acid esters in eggplant preserved in oil from India Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 2067 ± 620 (limit 1000 µg/kg - ppb). glycidyl esters
- 2025.0757 info: attentionPesticide residues in Bottle Gourd from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,27 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatebifenthrinbuprofezinmethamidophos
- 2024.7831 alertNon-authorised substances acephate and methamidophos in pumpkin from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,29 ± 0,15 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophos
- 2023.2947 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticide residue (chlorpyrifos) in fresh Lauki Long Indian (squash) from India via Germany Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.019. chlorpyrifos
- 2022.1419 alertEthylene oxide in protein concentrate of mung beans Notified by Croatia. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 7,9 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2022.0464 info: attention2-chloroethanol in minced dehydrated white onion from India Notified by Norway. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,34 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). 2-chloroethanol
- 2022.0229 info: follow-upUnauthorized substance ethylene oxide in ground onions from India Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,082 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2021.7222 info: attentionPflanzenschutzmittelrückstände in Spargelbohnen aus Indien /// Pesticide residues in asparagus beans from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,51 ± 0,26 und 0,61 ± 0,31 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatehexaconazolemethamidophos
- 2021.6448 alertChlorpyrifos in dried organic mung beans from India Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,037 +/-0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
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