Uganda — Fruits and Vegetables — Peppers & Chilies
Uganda received 17 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Peppers & Chilies, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are lambda-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, and profenofos. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 1,756 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Uganda 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; 20 carry the laboratory result and 15 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import peppers & chilies from Uganda
Higher risk. Uganda ranks 3rd of 11 origins shipping peppers & chilies to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 1,756 — above 80% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 0.3 t (median of 17 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 0.1 t (Vietnam) to 1.4 t (Turkey), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 53%; re-dispatched or destroyed 20%; held, final fate not recorded 13%; not stated 13%. 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
- Switzerland (4), France (3), Belgium (2), of 15 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, April, July, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- lambda-cyhalothrin (5), cypermethrin (3), profenofos (3), hexaconazole (2), carbendazim (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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 2 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.3613 Pesticides residues in chili peppers from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Result 0,81 (limit 0,5 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrin
- 2026.3107 Hexaconazole in peppers from Uganda Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.16 ± 0.08 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). hexaconazole
- 2026.2836 Profenopfos in peppers from Uganda Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.051 ± 0.026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
- 2025.6529 Pesticides in chili Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Result 0.18 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). hexaconazole
- 2025.5712 Pesticide residues (omethoate) in chili peppers from Uganda. Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 0.016 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). omethoate
- 2025.0537 Pesticides in fresh chili (capsicum) Notified by Sweden. Destroyed. Result 0.14 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
- 2024.9301 Unauthorised substance lambda-cyhalothrin (0.39 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers (Capsicum spp.) from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.39 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.5438 Pesticide residues (lambda-cyhalothrin) in fresh chili from Uganda. Notified by Finland. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,27 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.5336 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Ouganda Notified by France. Result Profénophos 0.052±0.026 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). profenofos
- 2024.3845 Pesticide residues (clothianidin and lambda-cyhalothrin) in fresh chili from Uganda. Notified by Finland. Destroyed. Result 0,091 (limit 0,04 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.1596 Unauthorised substances (pesticides: lambda-cyhalothrin: 0.22 mg/kg - ppm and cypermethrin: 0.81 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0.22 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrinlambda-cyhalothrin
- 2024.1458 Unauthorised substance carbendazim in chilly peppers from Uganda Notified by Greece. Result 0.30 ± 0.15 (95%) (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2024.0217 Unauthorised substance cypermethrin (1.6 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers (Capsicum spp.) from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 1.6 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrin
- 2023.8212 Unauthorised substance lambda-cyhalothrine (0.36 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers (Capsicum spp.) from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Result 0.36 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2023.7689 PRESENÇA DE RESIDUOS DE PESTICIDAS EM PIMENTOS DO UGANDA Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,10. profenofos
- 2023.5716 1.8 mg/kg Cypermethrin in peppers from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1.8 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrin
- 2023.5715 0.21 mg/kg Lambda-Cyhalothrin in peppers from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.21 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2023.3702 0.23 mg/kg Lambda-Cyhalothrin in peppers from Uganda Notified by Switzerland. Result 0.23 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). lambda-cyhalothrin
- 2023.1125 Pesticides residues in chili peppers from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Destroyed. Result 1.3 (limit 0.5 mg/kg - ppm). cypermethrin
- 2022.7489 Pesticides residues in chili peppers from Uganda Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,15 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosdimethoateomethoate
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned peppers & chilies from Uganda found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 2 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 50%, at the EU border 50%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.5419 info: attentiondimethoate and omethoate in green chillies from Uganda, via Germany. Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.13 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoateomethoate
- 2024.4397 alertPesticides residues in chili peppers from Uganda Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.2515 info: attentionCarbendazim in green chili from Uganda Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,8 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2021.0310 alertPesticide residues in chilli peppers from Uganda Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,012 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoate
Data and downloads
Download all 66 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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