Peru — All Categories
Peru received 21 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q2, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are fipronil, phenthoate, and dinotefuran.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 48%; Held, final fate not recorded: 33%; Not stated: 10%; Re-dispatched: 5%; Re-dispatched or destroyed: 5%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 9 | — | phenthoate |
| Cephalopods and Products Thereof | 4 | — | — |
| Herbs and Spices | 2 | — | profenofos |
| Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments | 1 | — | — |
| Feed Materials | 1 | — | Enterobacteriaceae |
| Compound Feeds | 1 | — | — |
| Other Food Product / Mixed | 1 | — | azinphos-methyl |
| Fish and Fish Products | 1 | — | — |
| Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof | 1 | — | — |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7993 Poor temperature control in frozen artichoke from Peru // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en alcachofas congeladas de Perú Fruits and Vegetables. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2026.5336 Rotura de cadena de frío potón congelado de Perú / Poor temperature control in giant squid tentacles from PeruCephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
- 2026.5052 Illegal import of milk, eggs, bovine and poultry meat in composite products from PerùSoups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments. Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed.
- 2026.4981 Rotura de cadena de frío en anillas de potón del Pacífico de Perú // Poor temperature control in cuttle squid from PerúCephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2026.3420 Plaguicidas en pimenton de Perú - Pesticides in paprika from Perú Herbs and Spices. Notified by Spain. Result 0,57 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). fipronilprofenofos
- 2026.0699 Cyromazine in beans from PeruFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,16. cyromazine
- 2025.9146 Phenthoate in limes from PeruFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Result 0,2 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). phenthoate
- 2025.8595 Multiresidues of pesticides in fresh pepper (Capsicum baccatum) from PerùFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result O,21+/-0,11 (limit 0,09 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorfenapyrclothianidindinotefuran+2 more
- 2025.8156 Enterobacteriaceae in fishmeal from PeruFeed Materials. Notified by Belgium. Result 270CFU/g; 140CFU/g; 280CFU/g; <10CFU/g; <10CFU/g (limit 300 CFU/g). Enterobacteriaceae
- 2025.6596 Lacking non-manipulation documents in Reimport of Petfood from PeruCompound Feeds. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2025.5969 insufficient labelling (no indication of establishment of origin) of frozen squid (Gosidicus gigas) from PeruCephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.4138 plaguicidas (Azinfos-Metilo) en café molido de Perú // pesticides (Azinfos-Metilo) in ground coffee from PeruOther Food Product / Mixed. Notified by Spain. Destroyed. Result 0.204+-0.102mg (limit 0.05mg/kg mg/kg - ppm). azinphos-methyl
- 2025.3706 Methamidophos, Dinotefuran and Permethrin in fresh pepper (capsicum baccatum) from PerùFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,63 +/- 0,32 mg (limit 0,05 mg /kg). dinotefuranmethamidophospermethrin
- 2025.3702 Chlorfenapyr, Fipronil and summa,Phenthoate, Dinotefuran and Permethrin in fresh pepper (capsicum baccatum) from PerùFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,33 +/- 0,17 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). chlorfenapyrdinotefuranfipronilpermethrin+1 more
- 2025.0040 Residui di pesticidi (Cyfluthrin, Lambda cyalothrin e Propamocarb) su granadille fresche da Perù//Pesticide residues (Cyfluthrin, Lambda cyalothrin and Propamocarb) on fresh granadillas from PeruFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,024 +/- 0,012 mg (limit 0,01 mg /kg). cyfluthrinlambda-cyhalothrinpropamocarb
- 2024.8953 unauthorised novel food cocona (Solanum sessiliflorum) from PeruFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Spain. Destroyed.
- 2024.7384 Higiene deficiente en pescado de buque español. / Poor hygiene in fish from Spanish vesselFish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.6775 Presence of griseofulvin in organic ginger from PeruHerbs and Spices. Notified by Italy. Result 0.086 +/- 0.043 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). griseofulvin
- 2024.4808 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en calamar de Perú. / Cold chain break in squid from Peru.Cephalopods and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.0935 Ruptura de la cadena de frío en vieiras de Perú. Breakage of the cold chain in scallops from Peru. Bivalve Molluscs and Products Thereof. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 148 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Peru found after entering the EU — 48 alerts, 100 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 49%, at the EU border 26%, official control on the market 22%, monitoring or surveillance sample 1%, consumer complaint or illness 1%, other 1%. 22 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 39 | 11 | 28 |
| 2026 to date | 38 | 9 | 29 |
- 2026.8749 info: attentionPesticides above legal limits in fresh chili peppers from Perù Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 0.42 +/- 0.21 (limit 0.09 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorfenapyrclothianidindimethoate+9 more
- 2026.8102 info: attentionPesticide residues in Capsicum spp. from Peru // Residuos de plaguicidas en Capsicum spp. de Perú Notified by Spain. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 0,021. carbofuranphenthoate
- 2026.7882 info: attentioncadmio above legal limits in chili from Perù Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result PRESENTE 0.09 mg/kg (limit PRESENTE 0.09 mg/kg Incertezza estesa: ±0.03 mg/kg Rec:96% K:2… cadmium
- 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
- 2026.7461 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in organic cacao powder, from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,031 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2026.7400 info: attentionCadmium in avocado from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,09 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). cadmium
- 2026.7042 info: attentionPesticide residues in avocado, from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, destroyed. Result 0,15 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrinimidacloprid
- 2026.6988 info: attentionPesticide residues in organic cacao powder from Peru Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 0,052 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
- 2026.6848 info: attentionAcetamiprid in avocado from Peru Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,028 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2026.6722 info: attentionDimetoato en mangos en Perú / Dimethoate in mangoes in Perú Notified by Spain. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.023+-0.012 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoatepropamocarbthiamethoxam
Recent weeks
| Week | Border rejections |
|---|---|
| 2026-W42 | 0 |
| 2026-W41 | 0 |
| 2026-W40 | 0 |
| 2026-W39 | 0 |
| 2026-W38 | 0 |
| 2026-W37 | 1 |
| 2026-W36 | 0 |
| 2026-W35 | 0 |
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Data and downloads
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