Sri Lanka — Fruits and Vegetables — Other Vegetables
Sri Lanka received 26 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Vegetables, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 7 in 2025-Q1, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are metalaxyl, novaluron, and chlorothalonil. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 19 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other vegetables from Sri Lanka
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 0.1 t (median of 15 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 0.1 t (Sri Lanka) to 4.7 t (Turkey), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 81%; re-dispatched or destroyed 12%; held, final fate not recorded 4%; not stated 4%. A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Switzerland (14), France (9), Germany (3), of 26 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, June, July, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- metalaxyl (9), novaluron (4), carbofuran (3), chlorothalonil (3), profenofos (3).
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.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 7 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5997 High results for pesticides for Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.041 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). novaluron
- 2026.1699 Metalaxyl in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.11 ± 0.06 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2026.1612 Spinetoram in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.27±0.14 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). spinetoram
- 2026.0557 High results for pesticides for Yard long beans from Sri Lanka. Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.26 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
- 2025.10186 Chlorothalonil and Metalaxyl in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.080 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonilmetalaxyl
- 2025.8751 Pesticide residues in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,087 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
- 2025.8115 Metalaxyl in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.091 ± 0.046 (limit 0,020 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2025.6680 Metalaxyl in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.045 ± 0.023 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2025.4337 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.16 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). novaluron
- 2025.4102 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0,11 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). hexaconazole
- 2025.2364 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0,08 (limit 0.005 mg/kg - ppm). fipronil
- 2025.2249 Fenobucarb in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Result 0.27±0.14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). fenobucarb
- 2025.1490 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0,24 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). novaluron
- 2025.1484 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.6 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). lufenuronprofenofos
- 2025.0979 Carbofuran in Yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,17 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuranmetalaxyl
- 2025.0747 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.28 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridfipronilthiophanate-methyl
- 2025.0453 Unauthorised substance metalaxyl (0.062 mg/kg - ppm) in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.062 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2024.9261 Metalaxyl in yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.14±0.070 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). metalaxyl
- 2024.9238 Chlorothalonil in yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.027±0.014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
- 2024.5724 Unauthorised substances (pesticides) in Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 1.1 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned other vegetables 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%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.2267 info: attentionPesticide residues in green beans and amla Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.35 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezinchlorpyrifosdimethoateomethoate
- 2024.0593 info: attentionCarbofuran in asparagus beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result unofficial translation: chlorothalonil 0.012 mg/kg / carbofuran (sum of carbofuran and 3-… carbofuran
- 2023.5823 info: attentionUnauthorised substances carbofuran, chlorothalonil and profenofos in asparagus beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,63 ± 0,32 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuranchlorothalonilprofenofos
- 2023.0924 info: attentionPesticides in Yard long beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. At the EU border, destroyed. Result 0,57 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). acephatebifenthrinchlorothalonilmethamidophos+3 more
- 2021.1086 info: attentionCarbofuran and fenobucarb in asparagus beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) from Sri Lanka Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,49 (limit Carbofuran (Summe) und Fenobucarb 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
Data and downloads
Download all 31 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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