Vietnam — Fruits and Vegetables — Peppers & Chilies
Vietnam received 14 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Peppers & Chilies, part of Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q2 and 2026-Q1. Volume peaked at 7 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are chlorfenapyr, hexaconazole, and propiconazole. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 1,677 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Vietnam 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; 16 carry the laboratory result and 10 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import peppers & chilies from Vietnam
Above the median. Vietnam ranks 4th of 11 origins shipping peppers & chilies to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 1,677 — above 70% of them.
least riskmost risk
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 0.1 t (median of 9 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 0.1 t (Vietnam) to 1.4 t (Turkey), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 45%; destroyed 36%; re-dispatched or destroyed 18%. 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
- France (6), Germany (2), Denmark (1), of 11 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, March, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorfenapyr (5), propiconazole (4), permethrin (3), hexaconazole (2), carbofuran (1).
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-Q2 | 1 |
| 2023-Q3 | 2 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 7 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.2534 High results for pesticides for Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) from Vietnam Notified by Switzerland. Destroyed. Result 0,045 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2025.7715 Chlorfenapyr in peppers from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.52±0.26 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2024.5408 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Vietnam Notified by France. Result Propiconazole 0.11±0.06 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2024.5407 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Vietnam Notified by France. Result Propiconazole 0.080±0.040 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2024.5403 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Vietnam Notified by France. Result Propiconazole 0.031±0.016 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2024.5365 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Vietnam Notified by France. Result Propiconazole 0.041±0.021 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). propiconazole
- 2024.5310 Pesticides residues in peppers of the genus Capsicum (other than sweet) from Vietnam Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0,034. chlorfenapyr
- 2024.5016 Unauthorized substances permethrin and tolfenpyrad in fresh chili from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,33 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrintolfenpyrad
- 2024.5014 Unauthorised substance permethrin in fresh chilli peppers from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Destroyed. Result 0,23 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrin
- 2024.0171 Pesticide residues in Chili from Vietnam Notified by Denmark. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,039 (limit 0,002 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuranchlorfenapyrfamoxadonehexaconazole+1 more
- 2023.8728 Pesticides in frozen peppers (Capsicum spp) Notified by Sweden. Result 0,077 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrdinotefuranhexaconazolepermethrin
- 2023.4912 Pesticide residues in chillis from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,21 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethoatedinotefuranflusilazolehexaconazole+4 more
- 2023.4908 Pesticides in red chilli from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,025 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrhexaconazoleprochlorazpropiconazole+1 more
- 2023.3424 Residues of the anauthorised pesticide Chlorfenapyr and also residues of the Hexaconazole in frozen chilli from Vietnam Notified by Cyprus. Result 0.25 ± 0.13 (limit NOT APPROVED IN THE EU null). chlorfenapyrhexaconazole
- 2020.1311 pesticide residues in peppers Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0,047+-0,023 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). acephatemethamidophostricyclazole
- 2020.0625 Chlorfluazuron in Peppers Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0,047+-0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfluazuronchlorpyrifoshexaconazole
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned peppers & chilies from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 1 alerts, 2 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%, monitoring or surveillance sample 33%. 2 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.6399 info: attentionPesticide residues in dried chili from Vietnam Notified by Norway. Monitoring or surveillance sample, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,071 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). ethionetofenproxfipronilpropargite+1 more
- 2024.3510 alertPesticide residues in frozen red peppers from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.12. chlorfenapyrdimethoatehexaconazoleiprovalicarb+1 more
- 2022.6905 info: attentionEthylen oxide in ground black pepper from Vietnam via UK Notified by Norway. Official control on the market, reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0,18 (limit 0,1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
Data and downloads
Download all 19 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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