Thailand — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
Thailand received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q3 and 2025-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are lambda-cyhalothrin, dimethomorph, and prochloraz. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 16.9 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Thailand over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 6 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Thailand
Lower risk. Thailand ranks 5th of 6 origins shipping tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 16.9 — above 20% of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 10% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 47,624 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 5th highest rejection rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 100% (0 tonnes in all). 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
- Italy (4), France (1), of 5 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- dimethomorph (2), lambda-cyhalothrin (2), prochloraz (2), azoxystrobin (1), bifenthrin (1).
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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | 0 |
| 2022-Q4 | 1 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2025.4342 Iprodione (0,074 +/- 0,037 mg/kg) in fresh dragon fruit from Thailand Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,074 +/- 0,037 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodione
- 2025.2942 Thiamethoxam in fresh dragon fruit from Thailand Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,067+/-0,034 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). thiamethoxam
- 2025.0735 Pesticides residues above legal limits in fresh Durian from Thailand Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0.34 +/- 0.17 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinbuprofezincarbaryldimethomorph+4 more
- 2025.0015 Residui di pesticidi (Azoxystrobin, Prochloraz, Carbendazim e Procymidone) in Durian freschi da Thailandia Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 0,85 +/- 0,43 mg (limit 0,1 mg /kg). Azoxystrobincarbendazimprochlorazprocymidone
- 2024.9228 Dimethomorph and Lambda-cyhalothrin in passion fruits from Thailand Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.030±0.015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethomorphlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2022.5808 unauthorised novel food canned banana blossom in brine from Thailand, dispatched from the United Kingdom Notified by Italy.
- 2020.1724 Höchstmengenüberschreitung bei Pestiziden bei Papaya aus Thailand Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,36 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). amitrazcyfluthrinfipronillambda-cyhalothrin
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 30 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Thailand found after entering the EU — 3 alerts, 27 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 70%, at the EU border 23%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%, company's own check 3%. 11 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 0 | 2 |
- 2026.8339 info: attentionwykryto nieprawidłowe cechy organoleptyczne w plastrach ananasa w syropie///abnormal organoleptic characteristics in pineapple slices in syrup; country of origin: Thailand Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. organoleptic characteristics - deterioration
- 2026.5299 info: attentionThiamethoxam and lambda- cyhalothrin in dragon fruit, from Thailand Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.038 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2025.9946 info: attentiontin in canned sliced pineapples in syrup from Thailand Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 255±36 (limit 200 mg/kg - ppm). tin
- 2025.9862 info: attentionUnauthorised substances (Buprofezin) in mango from Thailand Notified by Denmark. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0.027 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). buprofezin
- 2025.8467 info: attentionunauthorized genetically modified organism in green papaya from Thailand via Sweden Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Detected. genetically modified
- 2025.8218 info: follow-upstwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP cynyw ananasie w puszce pochodzącym z Tajlandii////finding that the MRL was exceeded in canned pineapple from Thailand Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 276 ± 55. tin
- 2025.3121 alertChlorate in frozen mango cubes from Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,1 (limit 0,3 mg/kg - ppm). chlorate
- 2025.2495 info: follow-upIprodione in fresh dragon fruit from Thailand//Iprodiona en fruta de la pasión procedente de Tailandia Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.10 +/- 0.05 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodione
- 2024.8489 info: attentionDetection of carbendazim in red pitaya from Thailand Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 1,1 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazimiprodionelambda-cyhalothrinpyraclostrobin
- 2024.8402 info: attentionCarbendazim e Prochloraz in fresh durian from Thailand Notified by Italy. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,38 +/- 0,19 mg (limit 0,1 mg /kg). Azoxystrobincarbendazimdimethomorphomethoate+2 more
Data and downloads
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