Ukraine — Fruits and Vegetables — Other

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Ukraine received 3 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q1 and 2025-Q4. Volume is roughly flat year-on-year. The most-cited issues are bifenthrin, chlorpyrifos, and moulds. The list below gives each of these 4 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result and 4 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2025.8884 2025-11-14 Nieprawidłowości w świadectwie urzędowym oraz brak wyników pobierania próbek i analiz // Irregularities in the official certificate and lack of sampling and analysis results Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.
• 2024.0685 2024-01-31 Przekroczenie najwyższego dopuszczalnego poziomu pozostałości środków ochrony roślin bifentryny oraz chloropiryfosu w suszonym owocu jabłoni // Exceeding maximum residue level of plant protection products bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos in dried apple fruit Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 0,060 ± 0,030 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). bifenthrinchlorpyrifos
• 2023.7572 2023-11-06 obecność szkodników oraz pleśni w dzikiej mrożonej róży z Ukrainy//presence of pests and molds in wild frozen rose from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. moulds
• 2021.5278 2021-10-01 Larvae of insects and mould on fresh rosehips from Ukraine Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched.

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Ukraine found after entering the EU — 6 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 50%, consumer complaint or illness 33%, official control on the market 17%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.

information notifications

• 2024.8603 2024-11-21 info: attentionChlorpyrifos in apples from Ukraine Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, not on the market. Result 0,039 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
• 2024.1891 2024-03-13 info: attentionExceeding of MRL for propargite in fresh apples from Ukraine Notified by Romania. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.062±0.031 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
• 2024.1641 2024-03-07 info: attentionExceeding of MRL for chlorpyrifos in apples, origin Ukraine Notified by Romania. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.057±0.029 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
• 2024.1224 2024-02-22 info: attentionExceeding of MRL for propargite in fresh apples from Ukraine Notified by Romania. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0.35±0.18 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). propargite
• 2024.0266 2024-01-12 info: follow-upForeign bodies and undeclared allergen (wheat grains) in yellow pea product traded online Notified by Hungary. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
• 2021.2131 2021-04-28 info: attentionForeign bodies (pieces of metal) in sunflower bars from Ukraine Notified by Romania. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.