United Kingdom — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
United Kingdom received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The list below gives each of these 3 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it.
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Key figures
- What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years
- Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8101 Poor temperature control in frozen hash browns from the United Kingdom // Ruptura de la cadena de frío en croquetas de patatas congeladas del Reino Unido Notified by Spain.
- 2022.0689 Alimento no autorizado, vainas de Cyamopsis tetragonoloba de Reino Unido Unauthorised novel food (Cyamopsis pods) from United Kingdom Notified by Spain.
- 2021.6440 Aditivo no autorizado (E101 Riboflavina) en guisantes procesados de Reino Unido/ Unauthorised additive ( E-101 Riboflavins) in baked peas from UK. Notified by Spain.
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 7 notifications since 2020 concerned other from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 5 alerts, 2 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 43%, official control on the market 43%, consumer complaint or illness 14%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 | 0 |
- 2026.7581 alertPatulin in apple chips from the UK Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 110 (limit 25 µg/kg - ppb). patulin
- 2024.8145 info: attentionExcess Bromide in celery from the UK via the Netherlands Notified by Belgium. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 54 (limit 30 mg/kg - ppm). bromide
- 2022.3690 alertUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in yellow lentils Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,14 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
- 2022.0306 alertIncreased iodine content in Seaweed from the United Kingdom Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 28623 ± 4293 μg. iodine
- 2021.2475 info: follow-upforeign body (beetles ) in organic chick peas Notified by Iceland. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2020.1844 alertRecall of Green Giant Original Sweetcorn due to faulty seams from the UK Notified by United Kingdom. Company's own check, reached the market.
- 2020.0481 alertNorovirus in frozen blue berries Notified by Belgium. Company's own check. Result presence (limit absence /25g). norovirus
Data and downloads
Download all 10 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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United Kingdom country report since 2020 — all notification types, not just border rejections →