Italy — All Categories
Italy received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, acequinocyl, and etoxazole. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries 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
- Held, final fate not recorded: 50%; Not stated: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbs and Spices | 1 | — | chlorpyrifos |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 1 | — | hexythiazox |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9917 Chlorpyrifos in coriander powder from IndiaHerbs and Spices. Notified by Italy. chlorpyrifos
- 2025.2280 Pesticide residues in raspberriesFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Luxembourg. Reached the market. Result 0.042 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acequinocyletoxazolefenazaquinhexythiazox
- 2023.4190 Poor temperature - control ropture of the cold chainCephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched.
- 2022.6475 Non approved establishment for collagen Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Cyprus. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1,301 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Italy found after entering the EU — 659 alerts, 642 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%, company's own check 39%, consumer complaint or illness 14%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%, other 2%, at the EU border 1%. 394 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 126 | 66 | 60 |
| 2021 | 185 | 109 | 76 |
| 2022 | 146 | 61 | 85 |
| 2023 | 202 | 100 | 102 |
| 2024 | 215 | 108 | 107 |
| 2025 | 227 | 116 | 111 |
| 2026 to date | 200 | 99 | 101 |
- 2026.9940 info: follow-upForeign object: blue plastic in pasta dough balls from Italy Notified by Netherlands. foreign body/ies
- 2026.9900 info: attentionE.Coli por encima de niveles aceptables en chirlas (Chamelea Gallina) procedentes de Italia///E. coli above acceptable levels in clams (Chamelea Gallina) from Italy Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market. Escherichia coli
- 2026.9882 info: attentionNorovirus en chirlas vivas (Chamelea gallina) procedentes de Italia // Norovirus in live clams (Chamelea gallina) from Italy Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market. norovirus
- 2026.9879 info: follow-upMouldy chestnuts from Italy Notified by Slovakia. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. abnormal smell
- 2026.9864 alertSalmonella spp. in organic pine nuts from Italy Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Salmonella spp.
- 2026.9750 info: follow-upBlack spots (presumably moulds) on bread slices from Italy Notified by Italy. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2026.9642 alertExceedance of the maximum residue level for acetamiprid in table grapes from Italy Notified by Austria. Company's own check, reached the market. acetamipridpyriofenonespiroxamine
- 2026.9623 alertPossibile contaminazione fungina in integratore alimentare destinato a soggetti in età pediatrica////Possible fungal contamination in a food supplement for pediatric subjects Notified by Italy. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2026.9604 alertPresenza di Salmonella in salame/Presence of Salmonella in salami Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Salmonella
- 2026.9553 alertE.coli oltre i limiti in vongole o lupino/E.coli above legal limits in clams form Italy Notified by Italy. Official control on the market, reached the market. Escherichia coli
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W46 | 0 |
| 2026-W45 | 1 |
| 2026-W44 | 0 |
| 2026-W43 | 0 |
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 0 |
| 2026-W40 | 0 |
| 2026-W39 | 0 |
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W46
Data and downloads
Download all 1,305 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 2026-11-09. To get new ones for Italy by email, watch Italy.
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