Ukraine — Other Food Product / Mixed
Ukraine received 10 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Food Product / Mixed between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is rising year-on-year. The most-cited issues are epoxiconazole, cyproconazole, and muscimol. The list below gives each of these 12 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import other food product / mixed from Ukraine
- 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
- Destroyed 40%; re-dispatched 20%; held, final fate not recorded 20%; re-dispatched or destroyed 10%; not stated 10%. 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
- European Commission (3), Croatia (2), Latvia (2), of 10 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, March, May, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- epoxiconazole (2), cyproconazole (1), fragments metal (1), muscimol (1), novel food ingredient (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 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7834 Prohbited herbs Acorus calamus and Asarum spp. and unauthorized novel food: Eleutherococcus senticosus, Angelica archangelica, Rhodiola rosea , Potentilla erecta, Viburnum opulus, Cornus mas, Hierochloe odorata, Carlina acaulis, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Angelica archangelica, and Tilia spp. in the Herbal mix from Ukraine Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.4134 Unauthorised use of Sodium benzoate (E211) and Potassium sorbate (E202) fish roe analogues from Ukraine Notified by Latvia. Destroyed.
- 2026.3628 Illegal import and absence of labelling of various products from Ukraine Notified by European Commission.
- 2026.0083 Cyproconazole and epoxiconazole in fresh baker's yeast from Ukraine Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.012 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). cyproconazoleepoxiconazole
- 2025.4898 Epoxiconazole in fresh yeast from Ukraine Notified by Croatia. Destroyed. Result 0,029. epoxiconazole
- 2025.3291 Distribution of foods containing fly agaric from Ukraine via online shop Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 38,0 +/- 9,50. muscimolnovel food ingredient
- 2025.0581 poor temperature control of and poor traceability records for and absence of labelling on various food products Notified by European Commission.
- 2024.6286 illegal import of products of animal origin from Ukraine Notified by European Commission. Destroyed.
- 2024.2467 Cold chain breakdown and temperature failure during transportation of frozen shipment from Ukraine Notified by Hungary.
- 2024.1324 Zanieczyszczenia ferromagnetyczne w partii cukru pochodzącego z Ukrainy// Ferromagnetic contamination in a batch of sugar from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. fragments metal
- 2023.0393 poor traceability records for and absence of labelling on various food products from Ukraine Notified by European Commission.
- 2020.1076 poor temperature control, rupture of cold chain Notified by Hungary. Re-dispatched.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned other food product / mixed from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 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%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.1138 info: attentionPesticide residues in baker´s yeast from Ukraine. Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,006 (limit unauthorised null). cyproconazoleepoxiconazoleflutriafolpropiconazole
- 2022.1579 info: attentionunauthorised substance ethylene oxide (sum of EO and 2-chloroethanol expressed as EO: 0.11 mg/kg - ppm) in instant noodle with taste of chicken from Ukraine Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,11 (Ethylene oxide (Sum Ethylene oxide and 2- Chloroethanol)); 0,11 ± 0,055 (2-chloroe… ethylene oxide
Data and downloads
Download all 14 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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