Findings

Findings from the notifications on this site: each page makes one claim, shows the numbers behind it and says how they were counted.

• For 4 of the top 15 origins, one EU country files most border rejections
  Which EU member state rejects each origin's food at the border, and how concentrated it is. Sudan 100% Greece, Russia 87% Latvia, Turkey 34% Bulgaria. · 23 September 2026
• The EU and US borders reject the same exporters for different things
  56% of EU border rejections cite pesticides or mycotoxins. The top US hazard, filth or insanitary conditions, the EU almost never cites. · 23 September 2026
• Ethylene oxide in RASFF: 93% below 2021, now spices and supplements
  EU RASFF ethylene oxide notifications fell from 345 in 2021 to 25 in the last 12 months. Sesame is gone; spices and supplements at the border remain. · 23 September 2026
• EU border check levels track rejection rates, product by product
  Under EU Reg. 2019/1793, lines checked at 50% draw a median 718 border rejections per $1B of imports; lines checked at 10% draw 62. · 23 September 2026