Turkey — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes
Turkey received 13 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 4 in 2026-Q1, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dithiocarbamates, ochratoxin A, and pyraclostrobin. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 13.0 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 18 carry the laboratory result and 12 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import berries & grapes from Turkey
Lower risk. Turkey ranks 4th of 4 origins shipping berries & grapes to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 13.0 — the lowest of them.
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- 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).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 34,279 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the lowest rejection rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 11.5 t (median of 12 lot weights recorded at the border).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 46%; held, final fate not recorded 31%; destroyed 15%; re-dispatched or destroyed 8%. 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), Germany (3), Norway (2), of 13 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- February, July, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- dithiocarbamates (4), ochratoxin A (2), pyraclostrobin (2), pyrimethanil (2), acetamiprid (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 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 3 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6518 Foglie di vite in salamoia dalla Turchia: residui di Dithiocarbamates/dithiocarbamates in brined vine leaves from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 2,5 -+ 0,23 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2026.1421 dithicarbamates and pyraclostrobin in vine leaves from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,074±0,037 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamatespyraclostrobin
- 2026.1202 dimethomorph in Turkish grape leaves Notified by Netherlands. Result 0.043 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethomorph
- 2026.0576 Border rejection of vineleaves from Türkiye due to unsatisfactory documentation Notified by Norway. Destroyed.
- 2026.0570 Border rejection of vineleaves from Turkey due to unsatisfactory documentation Notified by Norway. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.6939 Ochratoxine A in dried mulberry from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 2,96+/-0,44 (limit 2,00 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.4405 dithiocarbamates , boscalid,pyraclotrobin in folgie di vite dalla Turchia Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 0,16 +/- 0,08 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). boscaliddithiocarbamatespyraclostrobin
- 2024.7301 Pesticide residues (acetamipirid) in table grapes from Türkiye Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 1,5 ± 0,75 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2024.6011 Dithiocarbamate in vine leaves in brine from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 0,30+/-0,15 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2024.5594 Ochratoxin A in mulberries originating from Türkiye Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 40,9 ± 2 (μg/kg); k= 2; p= 95%; (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2024.5134 Pyrimethanil in grape leaves in brine from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 0,050+/-0,025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). pyrimethanil
- 2024.1840 Emamectin levels exceeded in vine leaves from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 0,006 (limit 0,002 mg/kg - ppm). emamectin
- 2024.1817 high levels of pesticides in vine leaves from Turkey Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.027 +/- 0.0135(50% uncertainty) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). pyrimethanil
- 2023.6536 Dithiocarbamates in pickled vine leaves from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result berechnet als CS2 0,236 +/- 0,118 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2023.3907 Grape leaves in brine from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 0.22 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2023.2783 OCHRATOXIN A IN SULTANA RAISINS FROM TURKEY Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 15,0 +/- 6,6 (limit 8,00 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2023.1131 Pesticides residues in vine leaves from Turkey Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched. Result 0.033 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos-methyl
- 2022.6306 Ethirimol and hexythiazox in vine leaves in brine from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 0,048 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). hexythiazoxpesticide residues
- 2022.4630 Pesticide residues in vine leaves from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Result Dithiocarbamate, Pyrimethanil, lambda-Cyhalothrin. pesticide residues
- 2022.3925 Dithiocarbamates in grape leaves from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Result 0,35+/-0,18 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 97 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Turkey found after entering the EU — 36 alerts, 61 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 78%, company's own check 19%, at the EU border 2%, monitoring or surveillance sample 1%. 15 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5 | 16 |
| 2025 | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| 2026 to date | 5 | 2 | 3 |
- 2026.9369 alertPresence of undeclared sulfites in raisins Notified by France. Official control on the market, reached the market. sulphite
- 2026.9111 info: follow-upResidues of plant protection substances in vine leaves in brine from Turkey, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 1,1 (limit 0,010 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinboscaliddifenoconazolefolpet+3 more
- 2026.3552 alertAcetamiprid in raisins (dried grapes) Notified by Luxembourg. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.91 (limit 0.08 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2026.3284 info: follow-upPesticide residues in grape leaves from Turkiye, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,035 +/- 0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinfluopyramindoxacarblambda-cyhalothrin+4 more
- 2026.0945 info: follow-upOchratoxin A in dried organic mulberries from Türkiye Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 6,28 ± 2,76 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.10414 alertAcetamiprid in sultanas raisins from Türkiye Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.4 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2025.9742 info: follow-upPesticide residues in grape leaves from Türkiye, via Belgium Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 3,5 ± 1,8 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobindifenoconazoleflutriafollambda-cyhalothrin+1 more
- 2025.9359 info: attentionAcetamiprid in table grapes from Türkiye Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,72 ± 0,36 (limit 0,08 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2025.9191 info: follow-upAflatoxins in dried mulberries from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 15,3 +/- 6,7. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.9005 alertExceedance of acetamiprid in raisins (snack for kids) from Türkiye Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.45 (limit 0.08 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
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