United Kingdom — Fruits and Vegetables — Other Vegetables

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United Kingdom received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other Vegetables, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2020-Q1 and 2021-Q2. The most-cited issue is acephate. The list below gives each of these 2 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 1 carries the laboratory result.

Quarterly rejections, last 6 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2021.1880 2021-04-28 FRIJOLES-ESPECIE NO AUTORIZADA DE UK / BEANS-UNAUTHORIZED SPECIES FROM UK Notified by Spain.
• 2020.1126 2020-03-09 Acephate in Green Beans Notified by United Kingdom. Result 0.05 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). acephate

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned other vegetables from United Kingdom found after entering the EU — 2 alerts, 4 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.

How they were found: official control on the market 67%, at the EU border 17%, consumer complaint or illness 17%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2025.8362 2025-10-28 info: follow-upPotato not presented to customs in France Notified by France. At the EU border.
• 2024.8926 2024-12-03 info: attentionFlonicamid in cauliflower from the United Kingdom, via the Netherlands Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,89 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
• 2024.7551 2024-10-15 info: attentionExceedance of Fosetyl-Al in Faba Beans (whole broad beans) Notified by Malta. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 8.6 (limit 2 mg/kg - ppm). fosetyl and phosphonates
• 2023.7450 2023-10-31 alertchloorpyrifos-ethyl in Black Eye beans Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0.028 ± 0,014 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
• 2023.4499 2023-07-05 alertChlorpyrifos in black-eyed peas from the United Kingdom, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,044 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifos
• 2022.0614 2022-02-02 info: attentionMouse in Frozen Fine Whole Green Beans, from the United Kingdom Notified by Cyprus. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.