Iraq — All Categories
Iraq received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q2 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is cadmium. The list below gives each of these 3 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 33%; Re-dispatched: 33%; Held, final fate not recorded: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 10 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 3 | — | cadmium |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6343 Cadmium (Cd) in fresh wild fungi (black truffles) higher than the permitted limit Fruits and Vegetables. Notified by Greece. Result 1,03+/-0,15 (limit 0,50 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.2369 Cadmium in black truffles from IraqFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,600. cadmium
- 2024.4259 Cadmium in truffles from IraqFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,655 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Iraq found after entering the EU — 3 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 67%, consumer complaint or illness 33%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.8325 alertUndeclared allergens sesame and peanuts in tahini halva Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2023.5068 alertAllergen peanut found in sesame paste Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. peanut
- 2023.4819 alertAllergen peanut found in sesame paste Notified by Sweden. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. peanut
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W42
Data and downloads
Download all 6 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-19. To get new ones for Iraq by email, watch Iraq.