Sri Lanka — Fruits and Vegetables
Sri Lanka received 28 RASFF border-rejection notifications in 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; 18 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and 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).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 75%; re-dispatched or destroyed 11%; held, final fate not recorded 11%; 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 28 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- February, March, January, 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 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Vegetables | 26 | — | — | metalaxyl |
| Other | 2 | — | — | — |
"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
- 2026.5997 High results for pesticides for Yardlong beans from Sri Lanka Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.041 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). novaluron
- 2026.3765 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.
- 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
- 2025.6912 undeclared processed products of animal origin Notified by Italy.
- 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
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 12 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Sri Lanka found after entering the EU — 12 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 83%, official control on the market 17%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 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
- 2022.2640 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 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
- 2021.1086 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
- 2021.0525 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 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 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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