Madagascar — Fruits and Vegetables — Other Vegetables

Madagascar received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Vegetables, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, carbaryl, and chlorpyriphos-ethyl. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 907.0 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Madagascar over the last 3 years.

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If you import other vegetables from Madagascar

Higher risk. Madagascar ranks 1st of 8 origins shipping other vegetables to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 907.0 — the highest of them.

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Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border: 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
Rejections against import volume: On average, 1 border rejection per 1,715 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest rejection rate of 7 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
Where rejections happen: France (2), Greece (1), Italy (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
Riskiest months: March, October, April, by rejections since 2020.
Test for before shipping: chlorpyrifos (3), carbaryl (2), acetamiprid (1), fenitrothion (1), thiamethoxam (1).

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.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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Quarter	Notifications
2024-Q1	0
2024-Q2	1
2024-Q3	0
2024-Q4	0
2025-Q1	1
2025-Q2	0
2025-Q3	1
2025-Q4	0
2026-Q1	0
2026-Q2	0
2026-Q3	0
2026-Q4	1

Recent rejections

2026.8691 2026-10-01 Acetamiprid in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. acetamiprid
2025.5288 2025-07-11 Pesticide residues in Madagascar black eye beans Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.10 (limit 0,04 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
2025.1608 2025-03-06 Carbaryl in black-eyed peas from Madagascar shipped from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Destroyed. carbaryl
2024.3245 2024-04-23 Pesticides in black eyed beans Notified by Sweden. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbarylchlorpyriphos-ethylfenitrothion
2023.7518 2023-11-02 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.030±0.015 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.7445 2023-10-31 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.033 ± 0.017 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.6561 2023-09-28 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.048±0.024 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.4346 2023-06-28 chlorpyrifos and pyrimiphos-methyl in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.062 (limit 0.032 /kg). chlorpyrifospirimiphos-methyl
2023.4345 2023-06-28 Pesticides in black-eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Sweden. Result 0,32. carbarylchlorpyriphos-ethylcypermethrin
2023.3994 2023-06-14 Chlorpirifos in beans from Madagascar - Clorpirifos in fagioli dall'occhio dal Madagascar Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,065 +/- 0,033 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.3435 2023-05-24 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 0.28 ± 0.14 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.6255 2022-10-26 Chlorpyrifos ethyl e Dimethoate in fagioli secchi origine Madagascar/Chlorpyrifos ethyl and Dimethoate in dried beans from Madagascar Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result Chlorpyrifos ethyl 0,071 mg/kg ; Dimethoate 0,038 mg/kg (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). pesticide residues
2022.5714 2022-10-03 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.035 ± 0.018 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.2171 2022-04-12 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 0.076 ± 0.038 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.2019 2022-04-06 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 0.040 ± 0.020 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.1745 2022-03-24 Carbaryl, chlorpyrifos and fenitrothion in Back eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 2.00 ± 1.00 (95%) (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). carbarylchlorpyrifosfenitrothion
2022.1744 2022-03-24 Chlorpyifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 0.062 ± 0.031 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.1743 2022-03-24 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 0.029 ± 0.014 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/dm²). chlorpyrifos
2022.1601 2022-03-18 Unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in Black Eye Beans from Madagascar Notified by Cyprus. Result 0,068 ± 0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2022.1512 2022-03-15 Chlorpyrifos in black eyed beans from Madagascar Notified by Greece. Result 0.042 ± 0.021 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 11 notifications since 2020 concerned other vegetables from Madagascar found after entering the EU — 6 alerts, 5 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 64%, consumer complaint or illness 18%, monitoring or surveillance sample 9%, at the EU border 9%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.

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Year	Total	Alerts	Information notifications
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	1	0
2023	4	4	0
2024	2	1	1
2025	1	0	1
2026 to date	1	0	1

2026.5194 2026-06-11 info: attentionPresence of foreign objects (glass) in green beans Notified by France. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
2025.1167 2025-02-19 info: attentionForeign body (glass) in green beans from Madagascar Notified by France. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
2024.9212 2024-12-13 alertUnauthorized substances chlorpyriphos, chlorfenapyr and lufenuron in black-eyed peas from Madagascar, via Türkiye Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,022 ± 0,011 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrchlorpyrifoslufenuron
2024.7755 2024-10-22 info: follow-upPesticide chlorpyrifos in Black Eyed Beans from Madagascar, via Türkiye Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,091 ± 0,046 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.8854 2023-12-21 alertETO in Black beans from Madagaskar Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,1. ethylene oxide
2023.8820 2023-12-21 alertUnauthorized substance chlorpyrifos in black-eyed peas from Madagascar, via Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,036 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2023.6288 2023-09-15 alertChlorpyriphos in dried black eye beans from Madagascar Notified by Norway. Monitoring or surveillance sample, destroyed. Result 0,014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyriphos-ethyl
2023.1376 2023-02-27 alertUnauthorised pesticides in black eye beans from Madagascar, via Türkiye and via Hungary Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,2 ± 0,6 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). carbarylchlorpyrifosfenitrothion
2022.7663 2022-12-30 alertChorpyrifos in dried black-eye beans from Madagascar via Türkiye Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
2021.5932 2021-11-03 info: attentionPesticide residue above MRL in dried beans from Madagascar, via Turkey Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos

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