Vietnam — Fruits and Vegetables — Other
Vietnam received 2 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Other, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2022-Q4 and 2023-Q4. The most-cited issues are buprofezin, chlorfenapyr, and chlorpyrifos. 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 and 1 says what happened to the consignment.
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Quarterly rejections, last 5 quarters
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2022-Q4 | 1 |
| 2023-Q1 | 0 |
| 2023-Q2 | 0 |
| 2023-Q3 | 0 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2023.7328 PRESENÇA DE RESIDUOS DE PESTICIDAS EM MALAGETAS CONGELADAS DO VIETNAME Notified by Portugal. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,011. buprofezinchlorfenapyrchlorpyrifoshexaconazole+3 more
- 2022.7257 Unauthorised use of Tartrazine in dried fruits from Vietnam Notified by Finland. colour E 102 - tartrazine
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 11 notifications since 2020 concerned other from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 4 alerts, 7 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 64%, company's own check 18%, consumer complaint or illness 9%, at the EU border 9%. 4 led to a recall from consumers.
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| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.5036 info: attentionPresence of sulphites not stated on the label, Fruits Notified by France. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 80,9 ± 18,8 (limit 10 mg/kg - ppm). E220- sulfur dioxide
- 2026.3526 alertAflatoxins in peanuts from Vietnam, via the Netherlands Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 6,16 ± 1,60 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.9224 alertForeign bodies (glass fragments) in kimchi in glass from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
- 2024.6646 info: attentionPesticide Residues in and Labelling deficiencies on fresh celery from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 1,10 +/- 0,44 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipridbuprofezinchlorfenapyrdithiocarbamates+2 more
- 2023.6133 info: attentionCarbaryl in langsat bon bon from Vietnam Notified by Iceland. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 15,4 +/-50% (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). carbaryl
- 2022.6227 alertSalmonella enterica ser. Stanley (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in dried fungus from Vietnam, via the Netherlands Notified by Finland. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result positive (limit none /25g). Salmonella
- 2022.3225 alertcypermethrin, acetamiprid, tebuconazole, deltamethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, kresoxim-methyl, abamectin, cyazofamid and pyriproxyfen and unauthorised substances carbendazim, permethrin, bifenthrin, propiconazole, diniconazole, hexaconazole, imidacloprid and chlorfenapyr in frozen bitter leaves from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 5.4 (limit 0.6 mg/kg - ppm). abamectinacetamipridbifenthrincarbendazim+15 more
- 2022.2868 info: attentionpermetrina in litci dal Vietnam Notified by Italy. At the EU border. Result 1.14 INCERTEZZA ESTESA +/-0.57 (limit 0.05 mg/Kg null). permethrin
- 2021.5769 info: attentioncarbendazim in frozen bitter leaves Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 16 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2021.4573 info: attentionpresence of chlorpyrifos-ethyl 0,09 ppm and profenofos 0,12 ppm in bitter melons half cut from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.09 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorpyrifosprofenofos
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