Russia — Fruits and Vegetables
Russia received 16 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are flonicamid, pymetrozine, and dichlorvos.
Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from Russia
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- Where rejections happen
- Latvia (11), Poland (5), of 16 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, February, October, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- dichlorvos (1), flonicamid (1), pymetrozine (1).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 3 |
| 2024-Q1 | 4 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Vegetables | 9 | 8,514 t | 84.3 | pymetrozine |
| Other | 6 | — | — | — |
| Berries & Grapes | 1 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 9 | 8,514 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.8575 Mismatch between the declared blueberries from Russia and the physical consignments contents. Notified by Latvia.
- 2026.0101 The product batch number indicated on the product label does not match the one indicated on the Official certificate and Test report Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.5166 Improper consignment identity code in the Official certificate (4) and labeling (5) of Cantharellus from Russia Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.4978 Unauthorized novel food Dictamnus albus root (dried) from Russia Notified by Latvia. Treated, sorted or diverted.
- 2025.2319 Incorrect documents accompanying the shipment of dried mushrooms from Russia Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.2218 Flonicamid (3,0 +/- 1,5 mg/kg) in cucumbers from Russia Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 3,0 +/- 1,5 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.0967 Przekroczenie dopuszczalnych poziomów zawartości pestycydów w przesyłce świeżych ogórków///Exceeding the permissible levels of pesticides in fresh cucumbers country of origin Russia Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,13 +/- 0,07 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). pymetrozine
- 2024.7530 imazetapyr (0,033 ± 0,017 mg/kg) w soczewicy czerwonej // imazethapyr (0,033 ± 0,017 mg/kg) in red lentils Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.3924 Dichlorfos (0,17 ±0,085 mg/kg) w ogórkach świeżych/// Dichlorvos (0.17 ± 0.085 mg/kg) in fresh cucumbers Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,17 ±0,085 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dichlorvos
- 2024.1063 Improper Official Certificate(s) for Cantharellus cibarius from Russia. Mismatch in Official Certificate(s), and Sampling and Analytical protocol of the identity of the weight of the goods. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.1061 Improper Official Certificate(s) for frozen tubular mushrooms, mix of Boletus edulis and Leccinium auratiacum from Russia. Mismatch in Official Certificate(s), and Sampling and Analytical protocol of the identity of the weight of the goods. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.1060 Improper Official Certificate(s) for Cantharellus cibarius from Russia. Mismatch in Official Certificate(s), and Sampling and Analytical protocol of the identity of the weight of the goods. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.0893 Improper information in Official Certificate(s) and Sampling and analytical protocol (mismatch with weight, language and sampling not taken by CA) for frozen mushrooms Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.7027 Not labelled with code of identification in accordance with article 3 (p.3) of Regulation 2020/1158. There is no label on the packaging according to article 9 of Regulation 2011/1169. Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2023.7025 Not labelled with code of identification in accordance with article 3 (p.3) of Regulation 2020/1158. There is no label on the packaging according to article 9 of Regulation 2011/1169. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.7024 Not labelled with code of identification in accordance with article 3 (p.3) of Regulation 2020/1158. There is no label on the packaging according to article 9 of Regulation 2011/1169. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.6616 Improper Official Certificate(s) for Cantharellus cibarius from Russia. Mismatch in OC on the identity, weight of the goods and their aggregate state. Sampling not carried out by the competent authority. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.6615 Improper Official Certificate(s) for Blueberries from Russia. Mismatch in OC on the identity, weight of the goods and their aggregate state. Sampling not carried out by the competent authority. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.6612 Improper Official Certificate(s) for Boletus edulis from Russia. Mismatch in OC on the identity, weight of the goods and their aggregate state. Sampling not carried out by the competent authority. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2023.6609 Improper Official Certificate for Boletus edulis from Russia. OC signed by business operator, too. Two different certificates have the same number. Incorrect weight of the consignment in the test report and other accompanying documents. Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Russia found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 2 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%, monitoring or surveillance sample 33%, consumer complaint or illness 33%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.3032 info: follow-upUnauthorised use of E321 and colours E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCF and E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A in seaweed based fish roe analogues from Russia Notified by Latvia. At the EU border. Result 53 ± 19 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). colour E 110 - Sunset Yellow FCFcolour E 124 - Ponceau 4R / cochineal red A
- 2025.7980 info: attentionExcessive levels of radioactivity in fresh mushrooms from Russia Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, destroyed. Result 764.97±40.62 (limit 600 BQ/kg). radioactivity
- 2024.4920 alertClostridium botulinum toxins in pickled mushrooms from the Russian Federation Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Clostridium botulinum
Data and downloads
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