Ukraine — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes
Ukraine received 14 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are moulds, perchlorate, and folpet. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 198.0 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Ukraine 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; 7 carry the laboratory result and 18 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import berries & grapes from Ukraine
Higher risk. Ukraine ranks 1st of 4 origins shipping berries & grapes to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 198.0 — the highest of them.
least riskmost risk
- 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).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 853 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the highest rejection rate of 4 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 86%; held, final fate not recorded 7%; not stated 7% (21 tonnes in all). 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
- Poland (13), Czechia (1), of 14 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- August, September, June, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- moulds (3), ethylene oxide (1), folpet (1), perchlorate (1), spirodiclofen (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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.9336 stwierdzenie obecności pleśni w mrożonej malinie na grys, kraj pochodzenia Ukraina // detection of mold in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
- 2026.8727 Niezgodność pomiędzy informacjami w dokumentach i na etykietach mrożonej czarnej jagody///Discrepancy between information in documents and on labels for frozen blueberries from Ukraine. Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.7555 perchlorates in frozen raspberries from Ukraine //nadchlorany w malinie mrożonej z Ukrainy Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,13±0,07 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). perchlorate
- 2026.7458 Incorrect certification of frozen blueberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.7457 Brak orginału świadectwa urzędowego dla jagody czarnej mrożonej z Ukrainy/// There is no original official certificate for frozen blackberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.7433 Incorrect certification of frozen blueberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.7425 Incorrect certification of frozen blueberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2026.4500 Incorrect official certificate in frozen blueberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2025.6981 exceeding MRL residue values of the pesticide - Folpet - result: 0.28 ± 0.14 mg/kg in frozen raspberries from Ukraine // folpet (suma folpetu i ftalimidu wyrażona jako folpet) - wynik: 0,28 ± 0,14 mg/kg w malinie mrożonej, pochodzącej z Ukrainy Notified by Poland. Reached the market. Result 0,28 ± 0,14 mg/kg (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). folpet
- 2025.0295 different batch numbers in the official certificate and on packages for frozen cranberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2024.8913 Ethylene oxide in frozen organic raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Czechia. Result 0,10 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
- 2024.6013 obecność pleśni w malinie mrożonej z Ukrainy // presence of mold in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
- 2024.4414 spirodiklofen w ilości 2,1 ± 1,05 mg/kg w malinie mrożonej z Ukrainy//spirodiclofen in an amount of 2.1 ± 1.05 mg/kg in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 2,1 ± 1,05 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). spirodiclofen
- 2024.1787 Oznaki zapleśnienia oraz zanieczyszczenia organiczne i 1 element tworzywa sztucznego w malinie mrożonej z Ukrainy/// Signs of mold, organic contamination and plastic in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
- 2023.6160 Carbendazim (0,34 +/- 0,17 mg/kg) in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,34 +/- 0,17 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2023.5773 propargite (0,076 ± 0,038 mg/kg) in frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,076 ± 0,038 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
- 2023.3746 Spirodiclofen in crushed frozen raspberries from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
- 2021.4948 frozen raspberries from Ukraine contaminated with mold Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
- 2021.4680 Frozen raspberry from Ukraine infested with moulds Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
- 2020.3174 Raspberry frozen - infested with-moulds - Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result presence (limit absence null). moulds
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 5 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 3 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 40%, monitoring or surveillance sample 20%, official control on the market 20%, consumer complaint or illness 20%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.0854 info: follow-upUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in frozen wild strawberry from Ukraine via Belgium Notified by Denmark. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 0,018 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2024.8867 info: follow-uphigh content of benzoic acid in frozen organic cranberries originating from Ukraine Notified by Slovakia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 597. E 210 - benzoic acid
- 2024.8442 info: follow-upChlorpyrifos in frozen raspberries from Ukraine, via Germany Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 0,015 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenazatechlorpyrifosflutriafol
- 2024.5740 alertForeign bodies (stones) in frozen wild blueberries from Ukraine, via Poland Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2022.4686 alertNorovirus group II detected in frozen raspberries from France Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market.
Data and downloads
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