India — Fruits and Vegetables
India received 84 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 14 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acephate, thiamethoxam, and Salmonella. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 18 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from India
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 67%; re-dispatched or destroyed 17%; held, final fate not recorded 10%; re-dispatched 5%; not stated 2%. 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 (28), Switzerland (12), Italy (11), of 84 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, January, February, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- acephate (15), thiamethoxam (15), monocrotophos (14), methamidophos (13), chlorpyrifos (11).
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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 10 |
| 2024-Q1 | 14 |
| 2024-Q2 | 6 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 |
| 2024-Q4 | 6 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 |
| 2025-Q2 | 9 |
| 2025-Q3 | 9 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 7 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Vegetables | 26 | 1,909 t | 771.7 | acephate |
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 8 | 769 t | 331.8 | thiamethoxam |
| Leafy & Herbs | 30 | 902 t | 172.6 | monocrotophos |
| Peppers & Chilies | 7 | 2,103 t | 97.4 | ethion |
| Other | 8 | — | — | thiamethoxam |
| Berries & Grapes | 4 | — | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Citrus | 1 | — | — | ethylene oxide |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 75 | 5,099 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.8549 Salmonella in betel leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Detected (limit Not detected /25g). Salmonella
- 2026.5998 High results for pesticides for Bottle Gourd from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.016 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidaclopridethiamethoxam
- 2026.4588 Multiple pesticide residues in dry red chilli from India Notified by France. Result 0,041 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezindinotefuranethionfipronil+3 more
- 2026.4528 Tolfenpyrad in Sesame Seeds from India Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). tolfenpyrad
- 2026.4133 Monocrotophos in bottle gourds from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.051 ± 0.026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). monocrotophos
- 2026.3809 Salmonella in betel leaves from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Detected (limit Not detected /25g). Salmonella
- 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
- 2026.1784 Tebuconazole in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.053±0.027 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). tebuconazole
- 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
- 2026.0558 High results for pesticides for Guavas from India. Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.04 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinfluopyramthiamethoxam
- 2026.0556 High results for pesticides for okra from India Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.37 (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.9257 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.
- 2025.9242 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
- 2025.8183 Pesticide in rice from India Notified by Sweden. Result 0.028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.7217 Permethrin in drumsticks from India Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.20 ± 0.10 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrin
- 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
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 69 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from India found after entering the EU — 13 alerts, 56 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 35%, company's own check 29%, at the EU border 29%, monitoring or surveillance sample 6%, consumer complaint or illness 1%. 7 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 1 | 6 |
- 2026.8622 info: attentionDimethoate in chopped red jalapeno from India Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,1 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 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
- 2026.7727 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
- 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
- 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
- 2026.1286 info: follow-upIllegal importation of chillies (Capsicum spp.) from India Notified by Germany. At the EU border, destroyed.
- 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
- 2025.8363 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
Data and downloads
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