Vietnam — Fruits and Vegetables
Vietnam received 48 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fruits and Vegetables between 2023-Q3 and 2026-Q2. Volume peaked at 9 in 2024-Q3, with the trend falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are dithiocarbamates, chlorfenapyr, and flonicamid. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 17 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fruits and vegetables from Vietnam
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 50% of consignments get identity and physical checks for pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Destroyed 48%; held, final fate not recorded 26%; re-dispatched or destroyed 21%; re-dispatched 2%; not stated 2%. 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 (26), Netherlands (7), Germany (2), of 42 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, April, January, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- chlorfenapyr (8), dimethomorph (6), dithiocarbamates (6), propiconazole (6), thiamethoxam (6).
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-Q3 | 3 |
| 2023-Q4 | 5 |
| 2024-Q1 | 6 |
| 2024-Q2 | 7 |
| 2024-Q3 | 9 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppers & Chilies | 11 | — | 1,677 | chlorfenapyr |
| Other Vegetables | 6 | — | 642.9 | flonicamid |
| Tropical (Figs, Pomegranate, Mango, Dates) | 24 | 859 t | 600.5 | dithiocarbamates |
| Leafy & Herbs | 1 | — | — | Salmonella Weltevreden |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — |
| Berries & Grapes | 0 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 24 | 859 t |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.4631 Pesticide residues in cucumbers from Vietnam Notified by Croatia. Re-dispatched. Result 0,032. cyromazinethiamethoxam
- 2026.4044 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.024 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). iprodione
- 2026.2938 Flonicamid in frozen okra from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.21±0.11 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2026.2935 Flonicamid in frozen okra from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.066±0.033 (limit 0,03 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 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
- 2026.1605 Flonicamid in frozen okra from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.080±0.040 (limit 0,030 mg/kg - ppm). flonicamid
- 2025.10439 Chlorfenapyr and Iprodione in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.23 ± 0.12 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyriprodione
- 2025.10041 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.3 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). carbendazim
- 2025.7844 Dithiocarbamates in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.15 ± 0.08 (limit 0,050 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 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
- 2025.7525 Salmonella Weltevreden in frozen minced cassava leaves from Vietnam. Notified by Finland. Result present (limit none /25g). Salmonella Weltevreden
- 2025.6921 Dragon Fruit Vietnam Pesticide Residu Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.15 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.3474 Pitahaya Vietnam Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.55 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). permethrin
- 2025.3152 Dithiocarbamate in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.20 ± 0.10 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.0767 Multiple pesticide residues in dragon fruits from Viet Nam Notified by France. Result 1.2 ± 0.60 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). Forchlorfenurondithiocarbamatespropiconazolethiamethoxam
- 2025.0630 Pitahaya Vietnam Pesticide Residue Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.15 (limit 0.05 mg/kg - ppm). dithiocarbamates
- 2025.0540 Pyraclostrobin in dragon fruits from Viet Nam Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 0.050 ± 0.025 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). pyraclostrobin
- 2024.9214 Chlorfenapyr in dragon fruits from Vietnam Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 0.072±0.036 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyr
- 2024.7013 dimethomorph and dithiocarbamates (as cs2) in pitaya from Vietnam Notified by Netherlands. Destroyed. Result 0.11 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). dimethomorphdithiocarbamates
- 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
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 43 notifications since 2020 concerned fruits and vegetables from Vietnam found after entering the EU — 9 alerts, 34 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 56%, at the EU border 21%, company's own check 12%, monitoring or surveillance sample 9%, consumer complaint or illness 2%. 11 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 to date | 9 | 1 | 8 |
- 2026.8431 info: attentionPesticide residues in Longan from Vietnam Notified by Germany. At the EU border. Result 0,024 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). Imidacloprideacetamipridlambda-cyhalothrinspirodiclofen
- 2026.7466 info: attentionUnauthorised pesticides in lychee fruit from Vietnam. Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,56 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). clothianidinlambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.5988 info: attentionVarious pesticides in rambutan Notified by Netherlands. Monitoring or surveillance sample. Result 0,39 (limit 0,01 mg/kg - ppm). chlorfenapyrclothianidindinotefuranhexaconazole+5 more
- 2026.5369 info: attentionPesticide Residues in Fresh Lychees from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 0,056 ± 0,028. Azoxystrobinchlorantraniliprolechlorfluazuronclothianidin+7 more
- 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
- 2026.2453 info: attentionAcetamiprid and dithiocarbamates in longan from Vietnam via the Czech Republic Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0,24 +/- 0,12 (limit 0,05 mg/kg - ppm). acetamipriddithiocarbamates
- 2026.2424 info: attentionPesticide residues in rambutan Notified by Switzerland. At the EU border. Result 1.7. chlorantraniliproleindoxacarblambda-cyhalothrinthiamethoxam
- 2026.1406 info: attentionAcetamiprid, Chlorantraniliprole and Chlorpyrifos in fresh mango from Vietnam Notified by Norway. Monitoring or surveillance sample. Result 0,012. acetamipridchlorantraniliprolechlorpyrifos
- 2025.9224 alertForeign bodies (glass fragments) in kimchi in glass from Vietnam Notified by Germany. Consumer complaint or illness, reached the market.
Data and downloads
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