Peru — Fruits and Vegetables — Other

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Peru received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issue is cadmium. 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 4 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2026.7993 2026-09-10 Poor temperature control in frozen artichoke from Peru // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en alcachofas congeladas de Perú Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
• 2024.8953 2024-12-04 unauthorised novel food cocona (Solanum sessiliflorum) from Peru Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
• 2022.3942 2022-07-06 Ervilhas-de-angola contaminadas por cadmio Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched. Result 0.033 (limit 0.020 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
• 2020.5028 2020-11-16 119232 Notificación rechazo Notified by Spain. Destroyed.

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 9 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Peru found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 5 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 56%, official control on the market 22%, at the EU border 11%, consumer complaint or illness 11%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.0767 2026-01-29 alertMultiple pesticides in pepers from Peru Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, destroyed. Result 0,04 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridcarbofuranchlorfenapyrclothianidin+1 more
• 2025.7392 2025-09-26 info: attentionCarbendazim above legal limits in blue berries from Peru Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.38+/-0.19 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
• 2025.6091 2025-08-11 alertEtiquetado insuficiente en altramuces procedentes de Perú//Insufficient labeling on lupins from Peru Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched.
• 2025.5409 2025-07-16 alertEtiquetado insuficiente en altramuces procedentes de Perú//Insufficient labelling on lupins from Peru Notified by Spain. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
• 2024.8039 2024-10-30 info: attentionMRL exceedance for Tebufenpyrad Notified by Portugal. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 4.2 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). tebufenpyrad
• 2022.7382 2022-12-19 alertChlorpyrifos in Peper Aji Amarillo from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.020 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
• 2021.6459 2021-11-26 info: attentionChlorothalonil in sugar snaps from Peru Notified by Denmark. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,039 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
• 2021.0069 2021-01-07 info: follow-upCarbendazim in sugar snaps from Peru Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.0 (limit 0.2 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
• 2020.0759 2020-02-14 info: attentionNorovirus in frozen berries Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, not on the market. Result presence (limit absence /25g). norovirus