Turkey — Fruits and Vegetables — Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates)
Turkey received 512 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates), part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 103 in 2025-Q4, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are aflatoxin total, ochratoxin A, and Aflatoxin B1. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 873.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Turkey over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 17 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Turkey
Higher risk. Turkey ranks 1st of 6 origins shipping tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 873.6 — the highest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins and ochratoxin a and pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 240 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the highest rejection rate of 6 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 5 t (median of 414 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 0.6 t (Vietnam) to 5 t (Turkey), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched or destroyed 39%; held, final fate not recorded 28%; re-dispatched 17%; destroyed 15%; not stated 1%; treated, sorted or diverted 0%. 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
- France (181), Bulgaria (110), Italy (86), of 530 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- November, December, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- ochratoxin A (286), aflatoxins (254), acetamiprid (10), imazalil (8), prochloraz (8).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 26 |
| 2024-Q2 | 25 |
| 2024-Q3 | 11 |
| 2024-Q4 | 95 |
| 2025-Q1 | 34 |
| 2025-Q2 | 19 |
| 2025-Q3 | 16 |
| 2025-Q4 | 103 |
| 2026-Q1 | 70 |
| 2026-Q2 | 61 |
| 2026-Q3 | 43 |
| 2026-Q4 | 9 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9484 Aflatoxins in dried figs Notified by Sweden. aflatoxin total
- 2026.9481 ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey Notified by Sweden. ochratoxin A
- 2026.9458 Aflatoxins B1 and Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2026.9406 Aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 14.8 +/- 3.3 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.9295 Aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 13.3+/-4.0 (limit 6.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.9273 Ochratoxin A in dried organic figs from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 49,24 ±19,70 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.9269 Aflatoxins in dried organic figs from Turkey Notified by Germany. Result 52,01 ± 17,39 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.9204 Aflatoxin B1 in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 9.3±2.8 (limit 6.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8912 Ochratoxin A and Aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 28.9+/-8.7 µg/kg (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2026.8607 Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 19,6±4,5 (limit 6 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8606 Aflatoxin B1 in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 9,9±2,3 (limit 6,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.8604 Aflatoxins in dried figs Notified by Sweden. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 18,5 ± 6,0 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8552 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkiye Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 20±6 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8406 Ochratoxin A in dried figs paste from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 19,0+/-5,7 (limit 8.00 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8404 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Destroyed. Result 44+/-13 (limit 8.00 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8304 Ochratoxin A and total aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 15.3±4.1 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin totalochratoxin A
- 2026.8302 Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 21.9 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8300 Aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 14,1±1,1 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8295 Ochratoxin A in fried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 31.8+/-9.5 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.8288 Aflatoxin in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 16,3+/-4,1 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 91 notifications since 2020 concerned tropical (figs, pomegranate, mango, dates) from Turkey found after entering the EU — 39 alerts, 52 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 71%, company's own check 20%, consumer complaint or illness 3%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%, at the EU border 2%. 26 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 to date | 14 | 5 | 9 |
- 2026.8318 alertOchratoxin A in dried figs Notified by Sweden. Official control on the market, reached the market. ochratoxin A
- 2026.6689 alertPesticide residues of acetamiprid, formetanate, and sulfoxaflor in pitahaya (dragon fruit) from Turkey Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,33 +/- 0,17. acetamipridformetanatesulfoxaflor
- 2026.5338 info: attentioninsect larvae and mold in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Poland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. insects deadmoulds
- 2026.4938 alertOchratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey. Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 37,9 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.4622 info: attentionstwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP ochratoksyny A w figach suszonych pochodzących z Turcji//exceedance of the MRL for ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 21,2 ± 4,3 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.3824 info: attentionazoxystrobin and prochloraz in pomegranate from Turkey Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,77 ± 0,39 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). Azoxystrobinprochloraz
- 2026.3455 info: attentionstwierdzenie zapleśnienia w miąższu fig suszonych, pochodzących z Turcji/// detection of mold in the pulp of dried figs from Turkey Notified by Poland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. microbiological contamination
- 2026.2933 info: attentionAflatoxins (B1=15.2; Tot.=38.0 μg/kg - ppb) in dried figs from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 38,0±6.3 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2414 info: follow-upAcetamiprid in pomegranates from Turkey Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,054 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acetamiprid
- 2026.2142 alertexceedance of maximal limit for Prochloraz in Pomegranates from Turkey via France Notified by Luxembourg. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1.49 +/- 50% (limit 0.03 mg/kg - ppm). prochloraz
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