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, 95 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Turkey found after entering the EU — 35 alerts, 60 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%. 14 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 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
- 2025.8567 alertOchratoxine on dried mulberry from Türkiye Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result 4,24 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.8505 alertOchratoxin A in dried organic mulberries from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 9,50 ± 4,18 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
Data and downloads
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