Uzbekistan — Fruits and Vegetables — Stone Fruit

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Uzbekistan received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Stone Fruit, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are E220- sulfur dioxide, ochratoxin A, and sulphite. The list below gives each of these 6 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 6 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2026.0075 2026-01-07 Unlabeled allergens Sulphur dioxide in apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 2127 ± 170 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
• 2025.9982 2025-12-12 Przekroczenie dopuszczalnego poziomu ochratoksyny A w morelach suszonych z Uzbekistanu // Exceeding the MRL for ochratoxin A in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 6 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
• 2023.1740 2023-03-14 Too high content of sulfur dioxide (3084±247 mg/kg) in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Reached the market, destroyed. Result 3084±247 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
• 2021.0471 2021-02-01 Too high content of sulphite (3278 ± 262 mg/kg - ppm) in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Result 3278 ± 262 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
• 2020.3370 2020-08-21 too high content of sulphites in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 3503±280 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
• 2020.0406 2020-01-27 food - border control concingment under customs - border rejection notification- dried apricot lot Nr. 3/01- too high content of Sulphite - Uzbekistan. Notified by Latvia. Destroyed. Result 5563±556 (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphur dioxide (SO2)

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 6 notifications since 2020 concerned stone fruit from Uzbekistan found after entering the EU — 3 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 50%, at the EU border 50%.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.6106 2026-07-09 alertOchratoxin A in dried and chopped organic apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 3,56 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). ochratoxin A
• 2026.3981 2026-05-06 info: attentionUndeclared allergen (sulphur dioxide) in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Latvia. At the EU border. Result 1685 ± 135 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
• 2026.3574 2026-04-24 alertForeign object: plastic in organic apricot pieces from Uzbekistan Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched.
• 2026.3446 2026-04-22 alertForeign objects (hard plastic) in a box of organic apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by France. Company's own check, re-dispatched.
• 2023.4630 2023-07-10 info: attentionHigh sulphur dioxine content in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Hungary. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4552 (+-228 mg/kg) (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite
• 2023.4626 2023-07-10 info: attentionHigh sulphur dioxide content in dried apricots from Uzbekistan Notified by Hungary. At the EU border, not on the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3735 (+-187 mg/kg) (limit 2000 mg/kg - ppm). sulphite