Japan — Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Japan received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Non-Alcoholic Beverages between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are difenoconazole, fludioxonil, and tebuconazole. The list below gives each of these 2 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
- Re-dispatched: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 11 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 1 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1673 Pesticides in Matcha concentrate from Japan Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,035. difenoconazolefludioxoniltebuconazolethiacloprid
- 2023.4578 Composite products (Non-alcoholic Beverages) from the United Kingdom Notified by Portugal. Destroyed.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned non-alcoholic beverages from Japan found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: consumer complaint or illness 100%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.5961 info: follow-upUnauthorised use of colour (E164) in lemonade from Japan Notified by Belgium. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2023.2752 alertHigh content of caffeine (933 mg/l) in energy drink from Japan Notified by Belgium. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 4 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-02-27. To get new ones for Japan by email, watch Japan.