Sri Lanka — Fruits and Vegetables — Other

Sri Lanka received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are fipronil, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 17 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.

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Key figures

What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years: Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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Quarter	Notifications
2023-Q3	1
2023-Q4	0
2024-Q1	0
2024-Q2	0
2024-Q3	0
2024-Q4	0
2025-Q1	0
2025-Q2	0
2025-Q3	1
2025-Q4	0
2026-Q1	0
2026-Q2	1

Recent rejections

2026.3765 2026-04-29 ALIMENTO (NOCE DI ARECA) NON INCLUSO NELL'ELENCO DEI NOVEL FOOD AUTORIZZATI/FOOD (ARECA NUT) from Sri Lanka NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF AUTHORIZED NOVEL FOODS Notified by Italy.
2025.6912 2025-09-09 undeclared processed products of animal origin Notified by Italy.
2023.4715 2023-07-12 Fipronil in Gotukola from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.21±0.11 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). fipronil
2023.2327 2023-04-05 Fipronil in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.052 ± 0.026 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). fipronil
2023.2302 2023-04-04 Flubendiamid in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.24 ± 0.12 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). flubendiamide
2023.1980 2023-03-23 Clothianidine and Thiamethoxam in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.078 ± 0.039 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinthiamethoxam
2023.1621 2023-03-08 Thiamethoxam in Mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.038 ± 0.019 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
2023.1444 2023-02-28 Profenofos in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.096 ± 0.048 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
2023.1424 2023-02-28 Fipronil, chlorothalonil, clothianidine and profénofos in Mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.047±0.024 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonilclothianidinfipronilprofenofos
2023.1407 2023-02-28 Unauthorized substances bifenthrin and lambdacyhalothrin in mukunu-wenna (Alternanthera sessilis) from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,18 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinlambda-cyhalothrin
2023.1406 2023-02-28 Undeclared sulphites on dried grated coconut from Sri Lanka Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 210,3 +/- 7,5. sulphite
2023.0836 2023-02-03 Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessilis) from Sri lanka Notified by Sweden. Result 0,25 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
2023.0755 2023-02-01 Clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.051±0.026 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinimidaclopridthiamethoxam
2023.0560 2023-01-24 Pesticide residues in mukunu-wenna (Alternanthera sessilis) from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,04 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinlambda-cyhalothrinmethoxyfenozide
2023.0535 2023-01-23 Tebuconazole in Mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.18 ± 0.09 (limit 0,020 mg/kg - ppm). tebuconazole
2023.0376 2023-01-17 Tebuconazole and clothianidine in Mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Result 0.025±0.013 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidintebuconazole
2022.7565 2022-12-26 Fipronil in mukunuwenna from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Result 0,17±0,085 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). fipronil
2022.4869 2022-08-23 Carbofuran and Fipronil in Mukunu Wenna from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1,8 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuranfipronil
2022.4596 2022-08-05 pesticide residues fipronil and fenobucarb exceeding MRL in Gotukola from Sri lanka Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.19+-0.10 (limit 0.005 mg/kg - ppm). fenobucarbfipronil
2021.1112 2021-03-04 rifiutato Notified by Italy. Destroyed.

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Sri Lanka found after entering the EU — 5 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 80%, official control on the market 20%.

information notifications

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Year	Total	Information notifications
2020	2	2
2021	2	2
2022	1	1
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
2025	0	0
2026 to date	0	0

2022.2640 2022-05-05 info: follow-upUnauthorised irradiation in organic vegetable mix from Latvia, composed of products from Lithuania and Bulgaria, with raw material from Austria, Belarus, China, Egypt, India, Lithuania, Sri Lanka and Turkey Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result positive (limit none null). irradiation
2021.6395 2021-11-25 info: attentionToo high content of carbofuran in vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis Notified by Switzerland. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.373+/-0.186 (limit 0.010 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
2021.0525 2021-02-03 info: attentionExceedances of maximum residue limits for pesticides in Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) and Mukunu Wenna from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 0,17 ± 0,08 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinchlorpyrifosfipronilprofenofos
2020.2426 2020-06-12 info: attentionHigh Levels of E-coli Notified by United Kingdom. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1800 (limit 1000 CFU/g). Escherichia coli
2020.2218 2020-05-28 info: attentionHigh Levels of E-coli detected Notified by United Kingdom. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 2200 (limit 200 CFU/g). Escherichia coli

Data and downloads

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