Ukraine — Eggs and Egg Products
Ukraine received 7 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Eggs and Egg Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 3 in 2024-Q1, with the trend roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ) and Salmonella Coeln. The list below gives each of these 8 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 3 carry the laboratory result and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import eggs and egg products 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).
- Where rejections happen
- Hungary (3), Poland (3), Slovakia (1), of 7 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (aoz) (2).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 3 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9455 mold on the shells of table eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland.
- 2026.3028 no markings on table eggs Notified by Poland. Reached the market.
- 2025.6300 Nitrofurans - AOZ (3-amino-2-oxazolidinone) in eggs from UKRAINE Notified by Slovakia. Destroyed. Result 1,03 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2025.6011 AOZ in eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Result >0.25 µg/kg µg/kg - ppb (limit 0,5 μg/kg µg/kg - ppb µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2024.0412 Lack of identification mark for eggs from Ukraine Notified by Hungary.
- 2024.0410 Lack of identification mark for eggs from Ukraine Notified by Hungary.
- 2024.0177 Lack of identification mark for eggs from Ukraine Notified by Hungary.
- 2020.5652 Salmonella Coeln in white hen shell eggs from Ukraine Notified by Latvia. Result n=5/ c=1 (limit none /25g). Salmonella Coeln
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 13 notifications since 2020 concerned eggs and egg products from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 9 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 62%, company's own check 15%, official control on the market 15%, consumer complaint or illness 8%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.2716 info: attentiondoxycycline in table eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 163 ±25 μg/kg (limit Not for use in animals from which milk or eggs are produced for huma… doxycycline
- 2025.7164 info: attention3-amino-2-oxazolidinone in eggs Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2025.5729 alertAOZ (3-amino-2-oxazolidinone) in eggs from UKRAINE Notified by Slovakia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 17,46 (limit 0,5 µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2025.5647 alertAOZ (3-amino-2-oksazolidon) w jajach konsumpcyjnych z UA/ AOZ (3-amino-2-oksazolidon) in eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland. At the EU border, reached the market. Result >0.25 µg/kg (limit 0,5 μg/kg µg/kg - ppb). nitrofuran (metabolite) furazolidone (AOZ)
- 2025.3864 info: follow-upDetection of mold on the surface of eggshells of eggs originating from Ukraine and imported through Latvia Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Sensory non-compliance – presence of mould, larvae, odour, damaged eggshells, and contami… organoleptic characteristics unsuitable
- 2025.2932 info: attentionMetronizadol in eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland. At the EU border, destroyed. Result METRONIDAZOL=1.90μg/kg, HYDROKSYMETRONIDAZOL (MNZOH)=1.37μg/kg (limit MLP nie może być us… metronidazole
- 2024.8873 info: attentionSalmonella in eggs from Ukraine Notified by Sweden. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market. Result Found. Salmonella Enteritidis
- 2024.2816 alertObecność bakterii Salmonella spp. w 25 g produktu w jajach w proszku pochodzących z Ukrainy // Salmonella spp. in powdered eggs from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result Detected (limit not detected /25g). Salmonella spp.
- 2023.6453 info: attentionPresence of coccidiostats in eggs (2.6 μg/kg – ppb), country of origin Ukraine, via the Slovak Republic Notified by Slovakia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 2,6 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). diclazuril
- 2023.6422 info: attentionPresence of coccidiostats in eggs (3.6 μg/kg – ppb), country of origin Ukraine, via the Slovak Republic Notified by Slovakia. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 3,6 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). diclazuril
Data and downloads
Download all 21 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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