Peru — Herbs and Spices
Peru received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Herbs and Spices between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are fipronil, profenofos, and griseofulvin. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 50%; Not stated: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.3420 Plaguicidas en pimenton de Perú - Pesticides in paprika from Perú Notified by Spain. Result 0,57 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). fipronilprofenofos
- 2024.6775 Presence of griseofulvin in organic ginger from Peru Notified by Italy. Result 0.086 +/- 0.043 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). griseofulvin
- 2020.5885 unauthorised substance chlorpyrifos (0.024 mg/kg - ppm) in dried peppers from Peru Notified by Spain. Result 0,024 ± 0,012 (limit 0'01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyriphos-ethyl
- 2020.5161 CHEDD.ES.2020.0113831 - PIMIENTO SECO - PLAGUICIDAS Notified by Spain. Reached the market. Result 0.025+/- 0.012 (limit No permitido (Limite 0.01) mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifostebuconazoletriadimefontriadimenol
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned herbs and spices from Peru found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 3 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 33%, company's own check 33%, official control on the market 17%, monitoring or surveillance sample 17%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.4836 info: follow-upmethomyl and propiconazole in origano dal Peru' Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.096 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). methomylpropiconazole
- 2025.2349 alertForbidden coloring in paprika powder from China via Spain Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 17. Sudan 3
- 2025.0271 alertOcratoxina A en Ají panca molido procedente de Perú // Ochratoxin A in ground panca aji from Peru Notified by Spain. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result > 55,0 μg OTA/kg (LC- 0,8 μg OTA/kg) (limit 20 μg OTA/kg µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2024.9474 alertHigh content of pyrrolizidin alcaloids in oregano Notified by Sweden. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result >4291 (limit 1000 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2022.3813 info: attentionOcratoxina A en pimientos secos de Perú// Ochratoxin A in dried pepper from Perú Notified by Spain. At the EU border. Result 39 (±10) (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2020.4000 info: attentionLead in ginger root organic from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,16 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). lead
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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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