Pesticide residues in EU Food Imports — RASFF Notifications

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Pesticide residues appeared in 6,345 RASFF notifications between 2018 and 2026 — 26.7% of the 23,724 notifications that identify a hazard. The origins cited most often are Turkey, India, Egypt. The most-affected product category is Fruits and Vegetables. Volume in 2025 was down 12% on 2024.

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Pesticide residues notifications by year

Year	Notifications	of which border rejections	YoY
2018	3	1	—
2019	28	7	—
2020	727	231	—
2021	1,152	426	+58.5%
2022	1,007	505	-12.6%
2023	954	564	-5.3%
2024	1,009	566	+5.8%
2025	883	406	-12.5%
2026	582	287	—	YTD
Total	6,345

Origins most cited for Pesticide residues

#	Origin country	Notifications
1	Turkey	1,373
2	India	1,242
3	Egypt	469
4	China	367
5	France	200
6	Pakistan	180
7	Spain	169
8	Vietnam	167
9	Italy	142
10	Germany	141
11	Kenya	141
12	Belgium	129
13	Thailand	128
14	Netherlands	125
15	Poland	110
16	Brazil	99
17	Ukraine	90
18	Peru	85
19	Uganda	79
20	Sri Lanka	74
21	Bangladesh	56
22	Ecuador	55
23	Morocco	55
24	Colombia	52
25	Albania	50
26	Madagascar	50
27	Iran	40
28	Greece	39
29	United Kingdom	38
30	Cambodia	36

Product categories where Pesticide residues appears

#	Product category	Notifications
1	Fruits and Vegetables	3,601
2	Herbs and Spices	704
3	Cereals and Bakery Products	532
4	Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds	530
5	Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and Tea	222
6	Other Food Product / Mixed	165
7	Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods	153
8	Feed Materials	95
9	Food Additives and Flavourings	94
10	Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products	64
11	Fats and Oils	41
12	Prepared Dishes and Snacks	39
13	Soups, Broths, Sauces and Condiments	26
14	Ices and Desserts	21
15	Fish and Fish Products	18

Origins under EU increased official controls for Pesticide residues

Under Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 the EU checks these origin–product combinations at an increased, fixed frequency because of Pesticide residues findings:

Origin	Products	Checks	Annex
Dominican Republic	HS 0709, 0710	50%	I
Dominican Republic	HS 0709	50%	II
Egypt	HS 2008	50%	I
India	HS 0708, 0710, 1211	50%	II
India	HS 0909	50%	I
Madagascar	HS 0713	50%	I
Malaysia	HS 0810	50%	I
Rwanda	HS 0709, 0710	50%	I
Sri Lanka	HS 0708, 0709, 0710	50%	I
Sri Lanka	HS 1106, 1211, 2008	50%	II
Thailand	HS 0709, 0710	50%	I
Turkey	HS 1106, 2008	50%	II
Uganda	HS 0709, 0710	50%	I
Vietnam	HS 0709, 0710	50%	II
Bangladesh	HS 0708, 1106, 1515, 2008	30%	I
Burkina Faso	HS 0709	30%	I
Egypt	HS 0709, 0710, 0810	30%	I
India	HS 0709, 0710, 0804, 2106, 2530, 2836	30%	I
India	HS 0709, 0710, 0908, 1208, 2007, 2008, 2305	30%	II
Turkey	HS 0810	30%	I
Vietnam	HS 0810	30%	II
Bangladesh	HS 0805	20%	I
China	HS 0902	20%	I
Colombia	HS 0810	20%	I
Egypt	HS 0804, 0810	20%	I
India	HS 0709, 0904, 0906, 2106, 3824	20%	I
India	HS 0909, 0910, 1207, 2008, 2103	20%	II
Kenya	HS 0709, 0710	20%	I
Mexico	HS 0807	20%	I
Turkey	HS 0702, 0709, 0710, 0805	20%	I
Turkey	HS 0805	20%	II
United States	HS 1302	20%	II
Vietnam	HS 0810, 1208, 2007	20%	I
China	HS 3913	10%	II
Egypt	HS 0805	10%	I
India	HS 1006	10%	I
India	HS 1302, 2106	10%	II
Israel	HS 1211	10%	I
Kenya	HS 0708	10%	I
Pakistan	HS 1006	10%	I
Thailand	HS 0810	10%	I
Turkey	HS 0805	10%	II

Recent Pesticide residues notifications

2026.7227 2026-08-14 IranFruits and VegetablesPesticides (fenpropathrin, acetamiprid and indoxacarb. tetrahydrophthalimide and suma captan) in dried grapes marketed in Spain from Iran // Plaguicidas (fenpropathrin, acetamiprid y indoxacarbo. tetrahydrophthalimide y suma captan) en pasas comercializadas en España procedentes de Irán acetamipridcaptanfenpropathrinindoxacarb
2026.7146 2026-08-12 United KingdomCocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and TeaAnthraquinone in green tea from the United Kingdom, via the Netherlands anthraquinone
2026.7144 2026-08-12 TurkeyFruits and VegetablesEthephon in fresh chili peppers from Türkiye ethephon
2026.7125 2026-08-11 UgandaFruits and VegetablesPesticides residues in aubergines from Uganda chlorpyrifoshexaconazolethiamethoxam
2026.7102 2026-08-11 IndiaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsClothianidin and Thiametoxam in cumin seeds from India clothianidinthiamethoxam
2026.7095 2026-08-10 ThailandFruits and VegetablesBuprofezin in sweet basil acetamipridbuprofezinpyriproxyfen
2026.7087 2026-08-10 IndiaHerbs and SpicesUnauthorized substance thiamethoxam in fenugreek from India via Italy chlorpyrifosthiamethoxamtricyclazole
2026.7071 2026-08-10 North MacedoniaFruits and VegetablesPesticide residues in Kapia peppers from North Macedonia formetanate
2026.7068 2026-08-10 IndiaHerbs and SpicesUnauthorised substance chlorpyrifos in ground black pepper from India, via Spain. chlorpyrifos
2026.7051 2026-08-07 FranceSoups, Broths, Sauces and CondimentsExcedeeng flonicamid MRL and ARfD in red chili peppers flonicamid
2026.7042 2026-08-07 PeruFruits and VegetablesPesticide residues in avocado, from Peru cypermethrinimidacloprid
2026.7032 2026-08-07 MauritiusFruits and VegetablesCypermethrin in baby pineapple from Mauritius cypermethrin
2026.7005 2026-08-06 EgyptFruits and Vegetablesglufosinate in oranges from Egypt via Netherlands glufosinate
2026.6998 2026-08-06 JapanCocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and TeaFlunicamid, Tebuconazole, and unauthorized substance lufenuron in organic matcha powder from Japan flonicamidlufenurontebuconazole
2026.6988 2026-08-06 PeruCocoa and Cocoa Preparations, Coffee and TeaPesticide residues in organic cacao powder from Peru chlorpyrifos-methyl
2026.6957 2026-08-05 PakistanCereals and Bakery ProductsClothianidin in Basmati Rice from Pakistan clothianidin
2026.6936 2026-08-05 IndiaNuts, Nut Products and SeedsRESIDUES OF UNAUTHORISED PESTICIDE (HALOXYFOP) IN HULLED SESAME SEEDS FROM INDIA haloxyfop
2026.6933 2026-08-05 IndiaHerbs and SpicesPesticide residues in cumin from India Azoxystrobinacetamipridcarbendazimchlorpyrifos+12 more
2026.6918 2026-08-04 BelgiumFruits and VegetablesFlonicamid in fresh tomatoes flonicamid
2026.6902 2026-08-04 TurkeyFruits and Vegetablesacetamiprid in fresh pepppers from Türkiye acetamiprid

About Pesticide residues

The EU sets maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides in food under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, and residues above an MRL — or any residue of an active substance no longer authorised in the EU, such as chlorpyrifos — trigger a RASFF notification. This page groups every notification whose hazard falls in the pesticide-residues category, across all active substances.

Which RASFF notifications does this page count?

All classifications: alert notifications, border rejection notifications and information notifications. A consignment rejected at the border and a product recalled from shelves are both evidence that the hazard reached EU food controls, so both count. The by-year table shows the border-rejection share separately.

What happens when this hazard is found in a consignment?

At the border, the consignment is refused entry and either re-dispatched, destroyed or downgraded to non-food use. On the internal market, the product is withdrawn or recalled and every member state that received it is notified through RASFF. Repeated findings against one origin can move that origin onto Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, which fixes an increased frequency of identity and physical checks at the border.

Where does this data come from?

The public RASFF Window operated by the European Commission, refetched daily. Counts are per notification, so one consignment listing several variants of the same hazard is counted once.