North Macedonia — Fruits and Vegetables — Leafy & Herbs
North Macedonia received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Leafy & Herbs, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q2 and 2025-Q1. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, Imidaclopride, and cyazofamid. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 4 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 0 |
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 0 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.0309 Pesticides residues of Imidacloprid in cabbage grom Republic North Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,029 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidaclopride
- 2023.7318 Chlorpyrifos in fresh cabbage from Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. chlorpyrifos
- 2022.1884 Pesticides residues in cabbage Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,15 +/- 0,08. cyazofamid
- 2021.2709 Chlorpyrifos in fresh cabbage from Nord Macedonia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 1 notifications since 2020 concerned leafy & herbs from North Macedonia found after entering the EU — 1 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 100%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2023.4460 alertUndeclared allergenic sulphur dioxide in pickled cabbage from Republic of North Macedonia Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 64 +/-18. sulphur dioxide (SO2)
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.
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