Ukraine — Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea
Ukraine received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are chlorpyrifos, acetamiprid, and dinotefuran. The list below gives each of these 5 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Not stated: 50%; Re-dispatched: 25%; Held, final fate not recorded: 25%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5447 Poor temperature control and rupture of the cold chain of chocolate product from Ukraine Notified by Hungary.
- 2025.8464 Unauthorized purple coneflower root extract in tea - concentrate non-alcoholic drink "Raspberry and асеrоlа tea" pasteurized Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.6893 Unauthorized pesticide residue Chlorpyrifos(0,039 ± 0,020mg/kg) in herbal tea from Ukraine Notified by Latvia. Reached the market. Result 0,039 ± 0,020 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2025.5945 Unauthorized novel food Frangula bark in mixture based on plant materials from Ukraine Notified by Latvia.
- 2023.0562 Exceeding the MRL for pesticide residues in green tea from Ukraine (country of origin of raw material - China) Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,45 ± 0,23 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridchlorpyrifosdinotefuranlambda-cyhalothrin+2 more
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 2 notifications since 2020 concerned cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 1 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 50%, monitoring or surveillance sample 50%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2024.4617 alertUndeclared possible presence (PAL statement) of allergen (peanut) on Greek label of milk chocolate with almonds Notified by Greece. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2021.4698 info: follow-upToo high content of trans fatty acids in chocolate candies Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market, destroyed. Result 3,46±0,11 (limit 2 g/100g). trans fatty acids
Data and downloads
Download all 7 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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