Serbia — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
Serbia received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are metalaxyl, iprodione, and formetanate. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 4 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Re-dispatched: 50%. About 11 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 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
- 2026.4792 Incomplete import documents (black Truffles) Notified by Slovenia. Reached the market, re-dispatched.
- 2024.5665 Increased level of pesticide metalaxil in gherkins from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2023.7100 iprodion in black berry Notified by Slovenia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodione
- 2023.1633 Pesticides residues of Formetanate hydrochloride in apples from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,15 +/-0,075 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). formetanate
- 2022.4887 Chlorpyrifos in fresh cornichons from Serbia Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,10 +/- 0.05. chlorpyrifos
- 2022.4634 propyzamide in red beet Notified by Slovenia. Reached the market.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Serbia found after entering the EU — 4 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 50%, company's own check 25%, consumer complaint or illness 25%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.4148 alertHepatitis A Virus in a frozen berry mix from Serbia, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. hepatitis A virus
- 2025.5259 alertHepatitis A viruses in frozen mixed berries from Serbia, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. hepatitis A virus
- 2025.0701 alertAflatoxin B1 in Soprotex-N-Slices from Serbia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market. Result 2.3 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2022.4823 alert Hepatitis A virus in frozen fruit from Belgium Notified by Hungary. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result Present. hepatitis A virus
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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