Peru — Fruits and Vegetables — Other Vegetables
Peru received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Vegetables, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issue is cyromazine. 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 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Not stated: 50%. About 25 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 9 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 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
- 2026.0699 Cyromazine in beans from Peru Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,16. cyromazine
- 2024.0345 Large amount of the bean weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus) in beans Notified by Croatia.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 14 notifications since 2020 concerned other vegetables from Peru found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 9 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 43%, official control on the market 29%, company's own check 29%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 5 | 0 | 5 |
- 2026.9486 info: attentionMetribuzin in fresh asparagus from Peru // Metribucina en espárragos frescos de Perú Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.45 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). metribuzin
- 2026.7537 info: attentionClorpirifos y Metomilo en espárragos de Perú / Chlorpyrifos and Methomyl in asparagus from Peru Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,15 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosmethomyl
- 2026.6484 info: follow-upUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in beans from Peru via Italy Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.6436 info: attentionClorpirifós en espárragos de Perú // Chlorpyrifos in asparagus from Peru Notified by Spain. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 0,068 ± 0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.1716 info: attentionCadmio detectado en judias de Perú//Cadmium detected in beans from Perú Notified by Spain. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 0.11 mg/Kg ±23.5 % (limit 0.04 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2025.7687 alertAcetamiprid and methomyl in green asparagus from Peru Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,51 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridmethomyl
- 2025.4653 info: attentionCadmio en alubias de Peru/ Cadmium in beans from Peru Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,048 (limit 0,040 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2024.0965 info: attentionPresencia de Cadmio por encima del límite establecido en espárragos de Perú -- Cadmium in asparagus from Peru. Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,079 ± 0,025 (limit 0,030 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2023.8854 alertETO in Black beans from Madagaskar Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,1. ethylene oxide
- 2022.5934 alertChlorpyrifos in Asparagus Mini Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.063 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
Data and downloads
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