Kosovo — Herbs and Spices
Kosovo received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Herbs and Spices between 2025-Q3 and 2026-Q2. The most-cited issues are ochratoxin A and carbofuran. 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 3 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 67%; Re-dispatched: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 4 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.4462 Too much pesticide residue (Carbofuran) in paprika powder from Kosovo. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,044 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
- 2026.4176 Too much ochratoxin A in crushed paprika from Kosovo. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 92,5 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.6380 Ochratoxin A in red pepper ground from Kosovo Notified by Slovenia. Monitoring or surveillance sample, re-dispatched. Result 48+/-24 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned herbs and spices from Kosovo 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: company's own check 100%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.10366 info: follow-upPesticide residues in organic poppy flowers from Kosovo Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,42 ± 0,15. captanchlorpyrifoscypermethrindodine+5 more
- 2024.6341 alertSalmonella spp. in organic thyme-leaf sandwort from Kosovo, via Austria and Germany Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Salmonella spp.
Data and downloads
Download all 5 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 2026-05-20. To get new ones for Kosovo by email, watch Kosovo.