Uzbekistan — Fruits and Vegetables — Berries & Grapes
Uzbekistan received 10 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Berries & Grapes, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issue is ochratoxin A. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 180.6 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Uzbekistan over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 16 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 14 carry the laboratory result and 8 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import berries & grapes from Uzbekistan
Above the median. Uzbekistan ranks 2nd of 4 origins shipping berries & grapes to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 180.6 — above 67% 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 2,065 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 2nd 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 30%; held, final fate not recorded 30%; not stated 20%; destroyed 10%; re-dispatched or destroyed 10%. 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
- Latvia (5), Spain (3), Italy (1), of 10 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- January, March, July, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- ochratoxin A (9).
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8370 Stwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP ochratoksyny A w rodzynkach kraj pochodzenia Uzbekistan // Exceedance of the maximum level for ochratoxin A in raisins from Uzbekistan) Notified by Poland. Result 35,09±10,53 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.4759 Ocratoxina A en uvas pasas de Uzbekistán// Ochratoxin in raisins sultana from Uzbekistan Notified by Spain. Result 10.87 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.1149 Ocratoxina en uvas pasas procedente de Uzbekistán // Ochratoxin in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Spain. Result 12,19 ±25.1 % (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.8215 The raisins do not have an expiry date on the label. Notified by Latvia.
- 2025.5495 Exceed ochratoxin A 17 ± 6 μg/kg in dried brown raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. ochratoxin A
- 2025.5102 Exceed ochratoxin A 42 ± 15 μg/kg in raisins (small) from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 42 ± 15 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.2462 Exceed maximum level of ochratoxin A 19 ± 6 μg/kg in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. Result 19 ± 6 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.1516 Exceed maximum level of Ochratoxin A in dried sultanas from Uzbekistan Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 27,4 ± 8,6 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.0576 Exceed maximum level of ochratoxin A 22 ± 7 μg/kg in dried grapes Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. Result 22 ± 7 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2024.0359 Presencia de Ocratoxina A por encima del Límite Máximo permitido en uvas secas (pasas sultaninas) de Uzbekistán. Ochratoxin A above the Maximum Allowable Limit in dried grapes (sultanas) from Uzbekistan. Notified by Spain. Result >15 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2023.4691 Ochratoxin A in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Romania. Re-dispatched. Result 14.23+/-2.91 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2023.4057 Too much ochratoxin A in organic raisins from Turkiye. Notified by Finland. Result 15 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2023.2011 Ochratoxin A (30,1 ± 5,4 μg/kg) in dried raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched. Result 30,1 ± 5,4 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2021.2404 Raisins Notified by Latvia. Result 16 ± 5 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2020.1270 Ochratoxin A in Dried raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Result 13,8±1,0 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2020.0305 Ochratoxin A in Dreid raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Slovakia. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 21,78 (limit max.10 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 33 notifications since 2020 concerned berries & grapes from Uzbekistan found after entering the EU — 14 alerts, 19 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 45%, company's own check 33%, at the EU border 15%, monitoring or surveillance sample 6%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 2 | 5 |
- 2026.6754 info: attentionOchratoxin A 27 ± 14 µg/kg in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border. Result 27 ± 14 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.6716 info: follow-upStwierdzenie przekroczenia NDP ochratoksyny A w rodzynkach, kraj pochodzenia: Uzbekistan //exceedance of the MRL for ochratoxin A in raisins, country of origin: Uzbekistan/ Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 21,0 ± 2,7 (limit 8,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.6195 alertOchratoxin A in raisins from Uzbekistan, via Latvia Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 14,8 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.3972 info: attention Exceed level of Ochratoxin A 62 ± 32 µg/kg in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border, not on the market. Result 62 ± 32 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.3085 alertOchratoxin in organic sultanas from Uzbekistan via Germany Notified by Denmark. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 15,88 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.2466 info: follow-upExcessive levels of Ochratoxin A in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market. Result 14,43±3,43 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2026.1329 info: attentionReziduuri pesticide neaprobate in stafide origine Uzbekistan / Unapproved pesticide residues in raisins originating from Uzbekistan Notified by Romania. Company's own check. Result 0,056 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosprofenofos
- 2025.8544 alertOchratoxin A in dried mulberries of unknown origin, via Poland Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 43,6 ± 19,2 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.4367 info: attentionExcessive levels of Ochratoxin A in raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Lithuania. Monitoring or surveillance sample, not on the market, destroyed. Result 16,35±3,91 (limit 8 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
- 2025.4062 alertochratoxin A in organic raisins from Uzbekistan Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 24 (limit 8.0 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
Data and downloads
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