Turkey — Other Food Product / Mixed
Turkey received 7 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dithiocarbamates, ochratoxin A, and Aflatoxin B1. The list below gives each of these 18 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 11 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.
Exporting from Turkey? Get an email when shipments from Turkey are flagged or rejected at the EU border — before your buyers ask.
One email a week, and only when something matches. We'll send a confirmation link first; unsubscribe any time from the footer of any email.
Key figures
If you import other food product / mixed from Turkey
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 57%; held, final fate not recorded 29%; re-dispatched or destroyed 14%. 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
- Bulgaria (2), Croatia (1), Cyprus (1), of 7 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- June, March, August, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- ochratoxin A (2), aflatoxins (1), pyrrolizidine alkaloids (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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7483 wires, wood and plastic particles, larvae of insects in propolis from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.6702 Absence of original certificate for Vine Leaves Stuffed with rice from Turkiye Notified by Cyprus.
- 2026.5308 Saponaria officinalis root extract from Turkay Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.3356 Pyrrolizidine alkaloides in dried oregano from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 1262+/-252 (limit 1000 µg/kg - ppb). pyrrolizidine alkaloids
- 2026.1270 Ocratoxina A en higos secos procedente de Turquía // Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey Notified by Spain. Reached the market. Result 10,80 +- 25,1% U (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.9800 Ochratoxin A in figs from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 31,5 +/- 15,8 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2024.8369 aflatoxin in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 40.0+/-12.0 (limit 6.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.5562 Dithiocarbamates in vine leaves from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Result 5,034 +/-2,517 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2023.3898 VINE LEAVES FROM TURKEY Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 0.16 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamateslambda-cyhalothrin
- 2023.2880 aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 22.6+/-6.8 (limit 6.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.6859 Aflatoxins in peanuts from Turkey Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result First analysis:Aflatoxin B1=12,1; B2=1,1; Sum (B1,B2,G1,G2)=13,2 Counter analysis:B1=16,3… Aflatoxin
- 2022.5953 pesticide residues in grape leaves from Turkey Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1.2 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2022.1574 Pyrimethanil and undeclared sulphite in vine leaves in brine from Turkey Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched. Result 0,022 +/- 0,011 mg/kg (limit 0,01 mg/kg null). pyrimethanil
- 2022.1463 GRAPE LEAVES Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.18 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamatestriadimenol
- 2021.7245 Absence of health certificate(s) for biscuits, snacks and jelly from Turkey Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched.
- 2020.2401 absence of heath certificate Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched.
- 2020.2340 health certificate(s) - absence of Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched.
- 2020.2339 absence of health certificate Notified by United Kingdom. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 44 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Turkey found after entering the EU — 25 alerts, 19 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 64%, company's own check 27%, consumer complaint or illness 7%, at the EU border 2%. 18 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 6 | 2 | 4 |
- 2026.8536 info: follow-upDifenoconazole in vine leaves in brine from Turkey, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,98 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobindifenoconazoledithiocarbamatesfluopyram+3 more
- 2026.4897 info: attentionSildenafil in herbal paste from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 7750 +/- 1550. sildenafil
- 2026.3037 alertUnlabeled or mislabeled allergen (celery) in a spread from Turkey Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. labelling
- 2026.2728 info: attentionUnauthorised substance sildenafil in macun paste from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 5660 +/- 1130. sildenafil
- 2026.1817 info: attentionUnauthorized substance sildenafil in honey paste from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. sildenafil
- 2026.0984 alertForeign body (glass fragments) in tomato paste from Türkiye, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. fragments glass
- 2025.8030 info: attentionAzoxystrobin in grape leaves from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,033 (limit 0,01 null). Azoxystrobin
- 2025.7607 info: follow-upConsignment of fruit with chocolate from Türkiye not presented for an official control at the border control post Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2025.4723 alertAflatoxin B1 in honey with nuts from Türkiye Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 11.7 ± 4.7 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.3675 info: follow-upNon authorised pigment (Reactive Red 141) in powder mixture of different fruits from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Company's own check, reached the market.
Data and downloads
Download all 62 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
The file holds entries up to 2026-09-25. To get new ones for Turkey by email, watch Turkey.
Turkey country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →