Syria — Other Food Product / Mixed
Syria received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2024-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Salmonella enterica, Salmonella spp, and Salmonella. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Destroyed: 50%; Held, final fate not recorded: 50%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 8 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1538 Salmonella enterica in tahini from Syria Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Salmonella enterica
- 2025.10208 salmonella in tahini from Syria Notified by Slovenia. Result present (limit 0 /25g). Salmonella spp
- 2025.5425 Salmonella in halva dalla Siria- Salmonella in halva from Syria Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result PRESENTE (limit ASSENTE /25g). Salmonella
- 2024.2970 Unauthorised use of E171 in Squeeze Instant Drinks from Syria Notified by Cyprus.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Syria found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 3 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: official control on the market 83%, consumer complaint or illness 17%. 5 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.2315 info: follow-upAnthraquinone on herb tea from Syria Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.10 (limit 0.02 mg/kg - ppm). anthraquinone
- 2025.2055 alertAflatoxins in watermelon seeds from Syria, via Türkiye, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 34,7 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.1389 info: attentionPesticides in pickled grape leaves from Syria Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,4 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinbifenthrinchlorpyrifoscypermethrin+11 more
- 2022.2111 alertSalmonella Senftenberg and Salmonella Orion in halva products from Syria Notified by Norway. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result presence. Salmonella OrionSalmonella Senftenberg
- 2021.4753 alertChlorpyrifos, carbendazim and teflubenzuron in pickled vine leaves from Syria Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,2 +/- 0,6 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyrifosteflubenzuron
- 2021.2081 info: attentionRhodamin B in pickled turnips Notified by Switzerland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 10 (limit 0 null). Rhodamine B
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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