Tanzania — All Categories
Tanzania received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications across all food categories between 2024-Q4 and 2026-Q1. The most-cited issues are benomil/carbendazim, carbendazim, and chlorfenapyr. The list below gives each of these 3 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: 33%; Treated, sorted or diverted: 33%; Held, final fate not recorded: 33%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 6 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
By year
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
By category, last 156 weeks
| Category | Rejections | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits and Vegetables | 1 | — | lambda-cyhalothrin |
| Fish and Fish Products | 1 | — | — |
| Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds | 1 | — | Salmonella |
Recent rejections
- 2026.1761 Carbendazim, Chlorfenapir, Lambdacialotrina on Capsicum Spp from TanzaniaFruits and Vegetables. Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,35 +/- 0,18. benomil/carbendazimcarbendazimchlorfenapyrlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2025.2766 Poor temperature control in tuna from Tanzania/Rotura de la cadena de frío en atún con origen Tanzania Fish and Fish Products. Notified by Spain.
- 2024.7494 Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from TanzaniaNuts, Nut Products and Seeds. Notified by Greece. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result PRESENCE/25 GR IN TWO OUT OF TEN UNITS (limit ABSENCE /25g). Salmonella
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 11 notifications since 2020 concerned products from Tanzania found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 7 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 45%, official control on the market 27%, company's own check 27%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.2136 info: attentionCHLORFENAPYR and LAMBDA - CYHALOTHRIN in chili peppers from Tanzania Notified by Italy. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 0.067+/-0.034 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2026.1474 info: attentionCarbendazim oltre i limiti in Capsicum habanero dalla Tanzania///Carbendazim above limits in Capsicum habanero from Tanzania Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.27±0.14 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2025.3413 alertPesticide residues (chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos) in bitter gourd from Tanzania Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 1.2 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonilchlorpyrifos
- 2024.4827 alertPesticide residues in chilies from Tanzania Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,27 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimchlorpyrifos
- 2024.0094 alertSalmonella spp. in Moringa powder from Tanzania Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result detected (limit not detected null). Salmonella
- 2023.5648 info: follow-upUnauthorised pesticide residue chlorothalonil in organic acodado from Tanzania Notified by Finland. Company's own check, not on the market, destroyed. Result 0,038 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
- 2023.2404 info: attentionDimethoate in long beans from Tanzania Notified by Germany. At the EU border, destroyed. Result 0,038 ± 0,019 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2023.2074 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in Bitter Melon Chinese from Tanzania Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.042 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2023.1906 info: attentionUnauthorized substance methamidophos in fresh red chili peppers from Tanzania Notified by Germany. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,24 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). methamidophos
- 2023.1815 info: attentionChlorothalonil in fresh chillies from Tanzania Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, not on the market, destroyed. Result 1,1 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorothalonil
→ See all RASFF notifications for 2026-W43
Data and downloads
Download all 14 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done. Every entry is also listed by year above.
The file holds entries up to 2026-03-13. To get new ones for Tanzania by email, watch Tanzania.