Syria — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes

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Syria received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are acetamiprid, chlorpyrifos, and buprofezin. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 5 carry the laboratory result.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2025.10309 2025-12-22 Residues of unauthorized pesticides Acetamiprid, Buprofezin Chlorpyrifos in Vine Leaves from Syria Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.71±0.36 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridbuprofezinchlorpyrifos
• 2025.3745 2025-05-20 RESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED AND AUTHORISED PESTICIDES ABOVE THE MRL IN PICKLED GRAPE LEAVES FROM SYRIA Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.16 +/- 0.08 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifoslufenuronpropamocarbpropargite
• 2024.2986 2024-04-12 Residues of the pesticide Acetamiprid in Grape Leaves from Syria Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.046 ±0.023 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
• 2024.2984 2024-04-12 RESIDUES OF PESTICIDE ABOVE THE MRL IN GRAPE LEAVES FROM SYRIA Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.024 +/- 0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
• 2022.0308 2022-01-18 Undeclared Sulphites and unauthorised use of colour E122 in Strawberry Jam from Syria Notified by Cyprus. Result 38 (limit undeclared mg/kg - ppm). colour E 122 - azorubinesulphite

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Syria found after entering the EU — 2 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 80%, at the EU border 20%.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.6735 2026-07-29 info: follow-upDepasire LMR pesticide in stafide aurii origine Siria///Exceeding pesticide MRLs in golden raisins originating in Syria Notified by Romania. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.034+/-0.017 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorpyrifosindoxacarbthiamethoxam
• 2026.2638 2026-03-26 info: follow-upUnauthorised pesticides in grape leaves from Syria, via Germany Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,38 ± 0,19 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorfenapyrchlorpyrifoscypermethrin+4 more
• 2025.8094 2025-10-21 info: attentionVarious pesticides in grapes from Syria Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,084 ± 0,042 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosdimethoatelufenuronmethomyl+1 more
• 2025.5847 2025-07-31 alertPesticide residues in dried grapes (raisins) from Syria Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.058 (limit 0.014 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosfenpropathrinindoxacarbpropiconazole
• 2022.6290 2022-10-27 alertExceeding of maximum limits and lack of labelling of the allergenic additive sulphur dioxide in wine leaves from Syria via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 180 (limit 100 mg/kg - ppm). sulphur dioxide (SO2)