MARCH 2024 REPORT ON EU

AGRI-FOOD FRAUD SUSPICIONS

The purpose of the Monthly report on EU Agri-Food Fraud suspicions is twofold:

1. Article 9(2) of the

Official Control Regulation which requires the organisation of risk-based controls to identify
and combat fraudulent and deceptive practices along the agri-food chain (across some control
areas listed in its Article 1(2)).
2. Provide valuable but selected information to stakeholders of the agri-food sector to perform
adequate vulnerability assessments and identify new emerging risks.
Disclaimer: The monthly report includes - -border
nature identified and shared between members of the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) and
retrieved from its three components: the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed network (RASFF), the
Administrative Assistance and Cooperation network (AAC) and the Agri-Food Fraud Network (FFN).
The monthly report covers food, feedingstuff, materials and articles intended to come into contact
directly or indirectly with food, animal welfare issues for farmed animals, plant protection products,
veterinary medicinal products and other inputs that may end in the form of residues and contaminants
in food and feed.
The monthly report does not reconcile data and suspicions related to the following subjects:

• animal and plant health,

• release into the environment of Genetically Modified Organisms,
• animal welfare for companion animals,
• placing on the market and use of plant protection products, veterinary medicinal products and
other inputs that are not ending as residues and contaminants in food and feed, and
• animal by-products and derived products when they not intended to be used for oral feeding to
animals.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 of 30 September 2019 laying down rules for
the functioning of the information management system for official controls and its system components
(the IMSOC Regulation) defines a fraud notification as a non-compliance concerning any suspected
intentional action by businesses or individuals, for the purpose of deceiving purchasers and gaining
undue advantage therefrom, in violation of the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU)
2017/625 .
The report includes -compliances with fraud suspicions . Those -
not confirmed frauds but contribute alerting and triggering investigations by Member
States competent authorities.

THIS MONTH 345 SUSPICIONS WERE RETRIEVED

FROM 891 IRASFF NOTIFICATIONS.
Figure 1: Suspicions per product category

Honey and royal jelly 1

Fish and products thereof 1
Eggs and egg products 1
Active substance (Plant protection product) 1
Food additives and flavourings 2
Fish And Fish Products 2
Compound feeds 2
Milk And Milk Products 3
Food contact materials 3
Alcoholic beverages 3
Wine 5
Soups, broths, sauces and condiments 5
Poultry meat and poultry meat products 5
Non-alcoholic beverages 5
Crustaceans and products thereof 5
Fats and oils 7
Confectionery 9
Meat And Meat Products (Other Than Poultry) 10
Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea 11
Other food product / mixed 13
Nuts, nut products and seeds 13
Prepared dishes and snacks 19
Herbs And Spices 21
Feed materials 25
Cereals and bakery products 27
Dietetic foods, food supplements and fortified foods 33
Fruits and vegetables 113

Figure 2: Suspicions per fraud category

Record tampering 31
Product tampering 54
Other non-compliances (implicit claim violations) 260

Figure 3: Source of detection

Whistleblower information 10
Monitoring of media 10
Consumer complaint 17
Company's own check 34
Border control 131
Market control 143

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 1. PRODUCT TAMPERING
PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Alcoholic
alcoholic drink propylene glycol (E 1520) (1700 mg/l) South Korea Finland
beverages
Confectionery candies sunset Yellow FCF (41.9 mg/kg)* USA Slovakia
shrimps (Litopenaeus
sulphites (E 220 - E 228) (260 mg/kg)* Venezuela Portugal
vannamei)
shrimps (Penaeus
sulphites (E 220 - E 228) (540 mg/kg)* Bangladesh Netherlands
Crustaceans and monodon)
products thereof shrimps (Penaeus
sulphites (E 220 - E 228) (203 mg/kg)* Ecuador Portugal
vannamei)
Additives not
shrimps (Penaeus
compliant with EU sulphites (E 220 - E 228) (56.6 mg/kg)* Ecuador Belgium
vannamei)
MLs (i)
Food additives
soft drink benzoic acid (E 210) (292 mg/kg)* Brazil Ireland
and flavourings
Fruits and
organic mushrooms sulphites (E 220 - E 228) (280 mg/kg)* China Denmark
vegetables
lemonade benzoic acid (E 210) (260 mg/l)* USA Lithuania
Non-alcoholic
beverages benzoic acid (E 210) (40.2 mg/l), sorbic
mango nectar Egypt Cyprus
acid (E 200) (36.2 mg/l)*
Prepared dishes
snacks allura red (E 129) USA Austria
and snacks
Adulteration Non-alcoholic blackberry juice grape juice (presence of tartaric acid) Georgia Germany
(ingredient dilution) beverages grape juice concentrate sugar addition Spain Spain
Alcoholic
cream liqueur sugar content Italy Germany
beverages
higher content of fatty acids than
Cereals and cupcakes Netherlands Belgium
declared
bakery products
snacks higher content of fat than declared Spain Austria
Confectionery caramel sugar content Denmark Germany
Dietetic foods,
food
lower content of calcium, magnesium and
supplements food supplement Belgium Germany
zinc than declared
and fortified
foods
Adulteration mix of sesame oil and
rapeseed oil instead of soybean oil USA Germany
(ingredient Fats and oils soybean oil
substitution) sesame oil "100% natural" refined oil Netherlands Germany
Fruits and
broccoli water content (glaze) Belgium Germany
vegetables
Meat And Meat beef salami pork DNA Slovenia Austria
Products (Other pork and poultry meat
Than Poultry) mechanically separated meat Czechia Poland
product
Milk and milk
Telemea cheese absence of sheep milk Greece Romania
products
Prepared dishes
veggie preparation pig, chicken and poultry DNA Romania Italy
and snacks
Fish and monkfish and pink cusk-
identity defects Namibia Spain
products thereof eel (Genypterus blacodes)

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Adulteration Meat And Meat pork and beef salami chicken DNA Romania Italy
(species Products (Other
substitution) Than Poultry) pork sausages bovine and turkey DNA Romania Italy
Dietetic foods,
food
Nutrition and health
supplements food supplements health claims Germany Austria
claims
and fortified
foods
corn tortillas benzoic acid (E 210) Estonia Germany
Cereals and
snacks sunset Yellow FCF (E 110)* Philippines Malta
bakery products
snacks sunset Yellow FCF (E 110)* Philippines Malta
Cocoa and
cocoa tartrazine (E 102), sunset yellow FCF (E
tea Thailand Germany
preparations, 110), brilliant blue FCF (E 133)
coffee and tea
biscuits sorbates (E 200, E 202) China Germany
Confectionery candies carrageenan (E 407)* Malaysia Sweden
chewing gum titanium dioxide (E 171)* Türkiye Croatia
Dietetic foods,
food
supplements food supplements irradiation* Russia Lithuania
and fortified
foods
Food Additives
calcium chloride solution ethylene oxide (0.44 mg/kg) Belgium Germany
and Flavourings
Fruits and propionic acid (E 280), potassium
olives Spain Spain
vegetables propionate (E 283)
Unapproved process
(concealment, Herbs And leaves ethylene oxide (4.4 mg/kg)* Türkiye Belgium
enhancement) Spices spice mix ethylene oxide (0.66 mg/kg)* India Netherlands
Non-alcoholic
jelly drink titanium dioxide (E 171) China Austria
beverages
Poultry meat
and poultry poultry sausage benzalkonium chloride (0.64 mg/kg) Italy Austria
meat products
chips sunset yellow FCF (E 110) USA Belgium
snacks sunset Yellow FCF (E 110)* Philippines Malta
sunset yellow FCF (E 110), tartrazine (E
Prepared dishes snacks Türkiye Germany
102)
and snacks tartrazine (E 102), allura red (E 129),
snacks Germany Austria
sunset yellow (E 110)
tartrazine (E 102), sunset yellow FCF (E
snacks USA Ireland
110), allura red AC (E 129)*
Soups, broths,
sauces and tomato paste benzoic acid (E 210)* Syria Cyprus
condiments
Cereals and
snacks sunset yellow FCF (E 110)* Philippines Malta
bakery products

3
 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Fruits and
Undeclared process artichokes sulphites (E 220 - E 228)* Egypt Denmark
vegetables
(concealment,
Herbs And
enhancement) cinnamon sticks sulphites (E 220 - E 228)* Sri Lanka Belgium
Spices

2. RECORD TAMPERING
PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Cocoa and
cocoa
Dietary claims organic tea "vegan, gluten-free" claim Germany Austria
preparations,
coffee and tea
Alcoholic misleading denomination "Arancia rossa di
spirit drink Germany Italy
beverages Sicilia"
Milk And Milk
cheese Cyprus Cyprus
Products
Other food various products misleading denomination "Prosecco" Poland Italy
EU protected product / mixed vegan cheese misleading denomination "Parmigiano" Spain Italy
designation misleading denomination "Binissalem",
wine Germany Spain
"Mallorca"
Wine wine misleading denomination "Sannio" Switzerland Italy
wine misleading denomination "Taurasi" Switzerland Italy
wine misleading denomination "Toro" Germany Spain
Cocoa and
cocoa
herbal infusion health claims Syria Austria
preparations,
coffee and tea
food supplements health claims France Belgium
food supplements health claims Germany Slovenia
food supplements health claims Germany Austria
food supplements health claims Germany Netherlands
Dietetic foods,
Nutrition and health food food supplements health claims Italy Germany
claims supplements food supplements health claims Netherlands Germany
and fortified food supplements health claims Netherlands Germany
foods
food supplements health claims Netherlands Belgium
food supplements health claims Netherlands Germany
food supplements health claims France Germany
food supplements health claims unknown Sweden
Other food
plums health claims China Germany
product / mixed

Product related Cereals and

rice change of best before date Germany Sweden
dates, records and bakery products
information food supplements document fraud (analytical report)* India Latvia

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Dietetic foods,
food
European
supplements organic royal jelly identity defects France
Commission
and fortified
foods
olive oil quality classification France Belgium
Product related European
olive oil quality classification Italy
dates, records and Fats and oils Commission
information olive oil quality classification Spain Belgium
olive oil quality classification Spain Germany
Meat And Meat
Products (Other minced meat preparation freezing time-limit requirements Bulgaria Germany
Than Poultry)
Other Food European
various food products document fraud Brazil
Product / Mixed Commission

3. OTHER NON-COMPLIANCES (implicit claim violations)

PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Counterfeit Wine wine producer identity falsification France Germany
Eggs and egg hatching eggs sold for human
eggs UK Italy
products consumption
Diversion calcium chloride,
Netherlands,
Feed materials magnesium dichloride, technical grade unfit for animal nutrition* Belgium
Germany
ammonium chloride (feed)
FCMs additives not Food contact straw fibres and
wheat* China Germany
authorised in the EU materials polypropylene bento box
Czech
cookies hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)* Spain
Republic
cream & chocolate
cannabidiol (CBD)* Netherlands Spain
Cereals and cookies and gummy bears
bakery products Clavaria militaris, Cordyceps, Inonotus
mushroom coffee China Lithuania
obliquus, Chaga, Trametes versicolor*
rice noodles GMO (Cry1Ab/Ac_SYBR_COSYPS)* China Netherlands
rice noodles GMO CaMV35S* Vietnam Germany
herbal infusion Clitoria ternatea* France France
Food, ingredient not organic coffee Inonotus obliquus, Cordyceps sinensis Spain Lithuania
Cocoa and
authorised in the EU cocoa tea Althaea officinalis L.* Jordan Sweden
preparations, tea Clitoria ternatea* Germany Sweden
coffee and tea
tea Pandanus amaryllifolius * Thailand Italy
tea sibutramine* Türkiye Germany
candies cannabidiol (CBD)* Netherlands Spain
fruit jellies hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)* Austria Germany
Confectionery gummies hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)* Netherlands Germany
gums hexahydrocannbinol (HHC)* Czechia Germany

5
 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
2-aminoisoheptane, Alpha-GPC, 1,3-
dimethylamylamine (DMAA),
phenethylamine, 2-amino-6-
food supplements methylheptane (DMHA), Ephedra yohimbe USA Poland
bark, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP),
agmatine sulphate, 2-
dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE)*
food supplements alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine (GPC)* Austria Spain
food supplements berberine* Poland Switzerland
Dietetic foods, food supplements Eurycoma longifolia* Poland Poland
food
supplements food supplements indole-3-carbinol* Hungary Slovenia
and fortified food supplements indole-3-carbinol, Trametes versicolor Austria Slovenia
foods food supplements magnesium L-threonate* UK Poland
food supplements serratiopeptidase* Czechia Slovenia
food supplements serratiopeptidase* UK Slovenia
Food, ingredient not food supplements serratiopeptidase* USA Slovenia
authorised in the EU food supplements serratiopeptidase* USA Slovenia
food supplements sibutramine Mexico Belgium
food supplements tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia)* UK Poland
food supplements Trametes versicolor extract* China Croatia
Feed materials soybean meal (feed) GMO Soy Mon 40-3-2* Ukraine Poland
papayas GMO (CaMV35S)* Thailand Germany
Fruits and
vegetables ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium
pickled turnips Egypt Sweden
salt (EDTA 2Na)*
Herbs And
spice mix clove leaf (Syzygium aromaticum)* India Poland
Spices
Honey and royal
honey sildenafil, tadalafil, flibanserin unknown Netherlands
jelly
Nuts, nut food supplements Castanea mollissima Blume* China Spain
products and
seeds seeds job's tears seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi L.)* China Austria
Feed materials sweet lupines (feed) bitter lupines Poland Netherlands
Illegal trade (CITES, Fish And Fish European
eels (Anguilla anguilla) CITES protected species France
IUU) Products Commission
buckwheat glyphosate (1.6 mg/kg)* Ukraine Poland
thiamethoxam (0.03 mg/kg), imidacloprid
rice UK Norway
(0.040 mg/kg)*
rice** acetamiprid (0.014 mg/kg)* Pakistan France
Residues of acetamiprid (0.031 mg/kg), imidacloprid
rice** Pakistan Italy
pesticides not Cereals and (0.031 mg/kg)*
compliant with EU bakery products rice** acetamiprid (0.041 mg/kg)* Pakistan Italy
MRLs (ii) acetamiprid (0.041 mg/kg), imidacloprid
rice** Pakistan Germany
(0.034 mg/kg)*
acetamiprid (0.078 mg/kg), imidacloprid
rice** Pakistan Germany
(0.037 mg/kg)*
rice** chlorpyrifos (0.037 mg/kg)* Pakistan Croatia

6
 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
rice** imidacloprid (0.019 mg/kg)* Pakistan France
thiamethoxam (0.051 mg/kg), tricyclazole
rice** India Ireland
(0.025 mg/kg)*
Cereals and thiamethoxam (0.065 mg/kg), tricyclazole
rice** India France
bakery products (0.11 mg/kg)*
rice** tricyclazole (0.074 mg/kg)* India Ireland
rice** tricyclazole (0.12 mg/kg)* India Netherlands
tea** tolfenpyrad (0.044 mg/kg)* China Latvia
Cocoa and organic tea oxymatrine (0.046 mg/kg) Netherlands Belgium
cocoa
preparations, ethiofencarb (0.034 mg/kg) and
tea** China Germany
coffee and tea tolfenpyrad (0.035 mg/kg)
Fats and oils vegetable oil cypermethrin (0.45 mg/kg) Belgium Ireland
black oats (feed) permethrin (0.23 mg/kg) France Belgium
brewer's spent grain
chlorpyrifos (0.046 mg/kg)* Ukraine Poland
(feed)
deltamethrin (0.081 mg/kg), pirimiphos-
feed methyl (0.092 mg/kg), piperonyl butoxide Spain Netherlands
(1.5 mg/kg)
feed dimethomorph (0.060 mg/kg) Spain Netherlands
dimethomorph (0.077 mg/kg), fluopicolide
feed (0.099 mg/kg), tetraconazole (0.053 Spain Netherlands
Residues of mg/kg)
pesticides not
feed fludioxonil (0.027 mg/kg)* Ukraine Poland
compliant with EU
MRLs (ii) feed pirimiphos-methyl (0.032 mg/kg) Spain Netherlands
feed pirimiphos-methyl (0.062 mg/kg) Spain Netherlands
acetamiprid (0.11 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos
flax seeds (feed) Ukraine Spain
(0.036 mg/kg)*
mixed vegetable acid oil
biphenyl (0.053 mg/kg) Germany Netherlands
(feed)
Feed materials
mustard seeds (Brassica
haloxyfop (0.030 mg/kg) Uruguay Netherlands
carinata) (feed)
mustard seeds (Brassica
paraquat (0.056 mg/kg) Argentina Netherlands
carinata) (feed)
rapeseed (feed) lufenuron (0.029 mg/kg) France Netherlands
biphenyl (0.073 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos
sunflower and rapeseed
(0.023 mg/kg), fluazifop-P (0.053 mg/kg), Romania Netherlands
oils (feed)
1,4-dimethylnaphthalene (1.1 mg/kg)
sunflower and rapeseed biphenyl (0.14 mg/kg), orthophenylphenol
Romania Netherlands
oils (feed) (0.27 mg/kg)
sunflower and rapeseed biphenyl (0.25 mg/kg), fluazifop-P (0.056
Romania Netherlands
oils (feed) mg/kg), orthophenylphenol (0.11 mg/kg)
biphenyl (0.3 mg/kg), fluazifop-P-butyl
sunflower and rapeseed (0.064 mg/kg), orthophenylphenol (0.12
Romania Netherlands
oils (feed) mg/kg), 1,4-Dimethylnaphthalene (4.2
mg/kg)
sunflower and rapeseed biphenyl (0.5 mg/kg), fluazifop-P (0.055
Romania Netherlands
oils (feed) mg/kg), orthophenylphenol (0.19 mg/kg)

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
sunflower and rapeseed
fluazifop-P (0.067 mg/kg) Romania Netherlands
oils (feed)
sunflower and rapeseed
fluazifop-P (0.071 mg/kg) Romania Netherlands
oils (feed)
Feed materials
sunflower and rapeseed
fluazifop-P (0.078 mg/kg) Romania Netherlands
oils (feed)
sunflower and rapeseed orthophenylphenol (0.46 mg/kg),
Romania Netherlands
oils (feed) fluazifop-P (0.075 mg/kg)
dragon fruits thiophanate-methyl (4.6 mg/kg)* Brazil Portugal
apples chlorpyrifos (0.057 mg/kg)* Ukraine Romania
acetamiprid (0.068 mg/kg), azoxystrobin
apples Brazil Germany
(0.022 mg/kg)
apples propargite (0.062 mg/kg)* Ukraine Romania
cypermethrin (0.12 mg/kg), lambda-
avocados Colombia Netherlands
cyhalothrin (0.023 mg/kg)*
beans chlorfenapyr (0.2 mg/kg) Bangladesh Sweden
methamidophos (0.17 mg/kg), acephate
beans Mexico Germany
(0.82 mg/kg), bifenthrin (0.073 mg/kg)*
beans** acephate (0.035 mg/kg)* Kenya France
beans** carbofuran (0.51 mg/kg) Sri Lanka Switzerland
chlorfenapyr (0.023 mg/kg), fenpropathrin
beans** Bangladesh Malta
(0.06 mg/kg)*
methamidophos (0.17 mg/kg), acephate
Residues of beans** Kenya Netherlands
(0.39 mg/kg)*
pesticides not
acephate (0.37 mg/kg), methamidophos
compliant with EU
blackberries (0.043 mg/kg), 6-benzyladenine (0.022 Mexico Luxembourg
MRLs (ii)
mg/kg)
Fruits and broccoli chlorate (2.3 mg/kg)* Spain Netherlands
vegetables cabbage metalaxyl (0.14 mg/kg)* Albania Croatia
lambda-cyhalothrin (0.037 mg/kg),
phosmet (0.061 mg/kg), thiamethoxam
carambolas Brazil Ireland
(0.022 mg/kg) and triflumuron (0.14
mg/kg)*
celeriac linuron (0.079 mg/kg)* Netherlands Netherlands
cherries dimethoate (0.044 mg/kg)* Serbia Netherlands
chilli peppers** carbendazim (0.24 mg/kg)* Kenya Norway
corn pirimiphos-methyl (0.814 mg/kg) Serbia Netherlands
chlorpyrifos (0.013 mg/kg), dimethoate
cowpeas Madagascar Belgium
(0.011 mg/kg), carbaryl (0.18 mg/kg)*
cucumbers chlormequat (0.072 mg/kg) Türkiye Austria
methamidophos (0.089 mg/kg),
drumsticks** monocrotophos (0.43 mg/kg), acephate India Switzerland
(0.052 mg/kg), fipronil (0.012 mg/kg)*
drumsticks** tricyclazole (0.084 mg/kg)* India France
faba beans chlorpropham (0.033 mg/kg)* Egypt Italy
didecyldimethylammonium chloride
grapefruits Türkiye Poland
(DDAC) (0.438 mg/kg)*
grapefruits glufosinate (0.37 mg/kg)* Peru Netherlands

8
 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
didecyldimethylammonium chloride (0.29
grapefruits** Türkiye Belgium
mg/kg)
kiwis malathion (0.29 mg/kg) Türkiye Slovenia
lemons** chlorpyrifos-methyl (0.022 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** fenbutatin oxide (0.055 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (15.82 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (16.56 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (16.92 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (17.76 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (19.04 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** pirimiphos-methyl (0.021 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** buprofezin (0.013 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** chlorpyrifos (0.091 mg/k)* Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** fenvalerate (0.092 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** flutriafol (0.23 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
lemons** imazalil (18.75 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
Republic of
lettuce chlorpyrifos (0.024 mg/kg)* North Croatia
Macedonia
lettuce lambda-cyhalothrin (0.68 mg/kg)* Belgium Poland
Residues of mandarines** pyrimethanil (0.351 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pesticides not Fruits and
compliant with EU vegetables nectarines tebuconazole (1.1 mg/kg)* Chile Netherlands
MRLs (ii) okra flonicamid (0.23 mg/kg) Ghana Belgium
okra** propargite (0.262 mg/kg)* India Italy
onions carbofuran (0.22 mg/kg)* Egypt Austria
oranges chlorpyriphos-ethyl (0.027 mg/kg) Egypt Netherlands
oranges dimethoate (0.077 mg/kg)* Italy Italy
oranges** chlorpropham (0.032 mg/kg) Egypt Netherlands
chlorpyrifos (0.023 mg/kg), dimethoate
oranges** Egypt Switzerland
(0.021 mg/kg)*
oranges** chlorpyrifos (0.03 mg/kg)* Egypt Belgium
oranges** dimethoate (0.069 mg/kg)* Egypt Netherlands
oranges** dimethoate (0.075 mg/kg)* Egypt Sweden
oranges** imazalil (19.55 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
oranges** prochloraz (0.204 mg/kg)* Türkiye Romania
passion fruits** chlorfenapyr (0.021 mg/kg) Colombia Netherlands
pears phosmet (0.019 mg/kg)* Türkiye Croatia
tebuconazole (0.332 mg/kg), lambda-
pears Spain France
cyhalothrin (0.121 mg/kg)*
peppers tolfenpyrad (0.26 mg/kg)* Oman Norway
acetamiprid (0.960 mg/kg), etoxazole
peppers Türkiye Bulgaria
(0.170 mg/kg)*
peppers dichlorvos (0.078 mg/kg)* Spain Finland

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
peppers formetanate (0.24 mg/kg)* Jordan Sweden
peppers imidacloprid (1.85 mg/kg)* Morocco France
iprodione (0.44 mg/kg), propargite (0.51
peppers** Egypt Cyprus
mg/kg)*
acetamiprid (0.914 mg/kg), ethion (0.211
peppers** India Italy
mg/kg), fipronil (0.012 mg/kg)*
buprofezin (0.373 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos-
peppers** Türkiye Bulgaria
methyl (0.028 mg/kg)*
peppers** carbendazim (0.30 mg/kg)* Uganda Greece
peppers** carbendazim (0.32 mg/kg) Kenya Sweden
peppers** carbendazim (0.6 mg/kg)* Uganda Netherlands
cypermethrin (0.81 mg/kg), lambda-
peppers** Uganda Switzerland
cyhalothrin (0.22 mg/kg)*
peppers** emamectin ( 0.114 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
peppers** emamectin (0.114 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
peppers** etoxazole (0.062 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
methamidophos (0.085 mg/kg) and
peppers** Kenya Switzerland
acephate (0.35 mg/kg)*
peppers** spirotetramat (3.06 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
peppers** sulfoxaflor (0.858 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
peppers** sulfoxaflor (1.098 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
Residues of peppers** tebufenpyrad (0.15 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pesticides not Fruits and pyraclostrobin (0.38 mg/kg),
compliant with EU vegetables pitahaya methamidophos (0.024 mg/kg), acephate Indonesia Germany
MRLs (ii) (0.067 mg/kg), triazophos (0.033 mg/kg)*
acetamiprid (0.048 mg/kg), imazalil (0.16
pomegranates** Türkiye Romania
mg/kg), pyraclostrobin (0.055 mg/kg)
pomegranates** acetamiprid (0.059 mg/kg)* Türkiye Germany
pomegranates** acetamiprid (0.065 mg/kg)* Türkiye Germany
fluxapyroxad (0.051 mg/kg), sulfoxaflor
pomegranates** Türkiye Bulgaria
(0.14 mg/kg)
pomegranates** Imazalil (0.295 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pomegranates** Pirimiphos-methyl (0.026 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pomegranates** pyriproxyfen (0.220 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pomegranates** sulfoxaflor (0.041 mg/kg) Türkiye Bulgaria
pomelos chlorpyrifos (0.024 mg/kg)* China Italy
pomelos myclobutanil (0.025 mg/kg) China Estonia
potatoes imidacloprid (0.024 mg/kg) Egypt Slovenia
potatoes imidacloprid (0.063 mg/kg) Egypt Slovenia
radishes paclobutrazol (0.054 mg/kg) Italy Czechia
raisins iprodione (0.047 mg.kg) Chile Belgium
lufenuron (0.039 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos
spring onions Egypt Italy
(0.12 mg/kg)*
strawberries karanjin (0.063 mg/kg)* Greece Romania
strawberries meptyldinocap (0.77 mg/kg) Spain Belgium

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
vine leaves chlorpyrifos (0.041 mg/kg)* Greece Germany
vine leaves emamectin (0.006 mg/kg)* Türkiye Germany
cypermethrin (0.076 mg/kg), cyprodinil
(0.12 mg/kg), fludioxonil (0.17 mg/kg),
vine leaves** Türkiye Bulgaria
malathion (0.055 mg/kg), pyrimethanil
Fruits and
(0.056 mg/kg), triadimenol (0.034 mg/kg)
vegetables
penconazole (0.03 mg/kg) chlorpyrifos
vine leaves** (0.033 mg/kg), dithiocarbamates (4.8 Iran Belgium
mg/kg) and fenpropathrin (0.063 mg/kg)
vine leaves** pyrimethanil (0.027 mg/kg)* Türkiye Bulgaria
zucchini flonicamid (0.75 mg/kg)* Spain France
basil** fenamidone (0.2 mg/kg) Israel Belgium
basil** fenamidone (0.2 mg/kg)* Israel Belgium
cardamom anthraquinone (0.031)* Belgium France
orthophenylphenol (0.27 mg/kg),
cardamom** India Germany
anthraquinone (0.46 mg/kg)*
acetamiprid (0.6 mg/kg), propamocarb
(0.3 mg/kg), pyraclostrobin (0.19 mg/kg),
chlorpyrifos (0.11 mg/kg), carbendazim
cumin China Netherlands
(0.2 mg/kg), thiamethoxam (0.12 mg/kg),
imidacloprid (0.08 mg/kg), tricyclazole
(0.12 mg/kg)*
Residues of cumin powder chlorpyrifos (0.16 mg/kg)* UK Netherlands
pesticides not
Herbs And acetamiprid (0.6 mg/kg), propamocarb
compliant with EU
Spices (0.3 mg/kg), pyraclostrobin (0.19 mg/kg ),
MRLs (ii)
chlorpyrifos (0.11 mg/kg), carbendazim
cumin** India France
(0.2 mg/kg), thiamethoxam (0.12 mg/kg),
imidacloprid (0.08 mg/kg), tricyclazole (1.6
mg/kg)*
acetamiprid (0.12 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos
curry* India Greece
(0.054 mg/kg)*
ethion (2.7 mg/kg), fenpropathrin (0.32
mg/kg), profenofos (0.95 mg/kg),
dried chilis Thailand Luxembourg
tolfenpyrad (0.89 mg/kg), fipronil (Sum)
(0.35 mg/kg)
fennel seeds chlorpyrifos (0.25 mg/kg)* Spain Netherlands
acetamiprid (0.24 mg/kg), tebuconazole
peppers** China Germany
(4.4 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos (1.1 mg/kg)*
chestnuts chlorpyrifos (0.21 mg/kg)* Türkiye Germany
fennel seeds chlorpyrifos (0.12 mg/kg)* UAE France
groundnuts** chlorpyrifos (0.021 mg/kg)* Brazil Netherlands
Nuts, nut groundnuts** chlorpyrifos (0.022 mg/kg)* Brazil Netherlands
products and groundnuts** chlorpyrifos (0.034 mg/kg)* Brazil Netherlands
seeds
groundnuts** chlorpyrifos (0.045 mg/kg)* Brazil Netherlands
groundnuts** chlorpyrifos (0.049 mg/kg)* Brazil Netherlands
chlorate (0.41 mg/kg), chlorpyrifos (0.022
sesame seeds** Nigeria Norway
mg/kg)*

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
cypermethrin (0.24 mg/kg), metalaxyl
(0.18 mg/kg), acetamiprid (1.6 mg/kg),
azoxystrobin (1.7 mg/kg), trifloxystrobin
(0.13 mg/kg), kresoxim-methyl (0.56
mg/kg) and flonicamid (0.68 mg/kg),
Residues of chlorpyrifos (0.19 mg/kg), carbendazim
Nuts, nut
pesticides not (2.8 mg/kg) , propiconazole (0.67 mg/kg),
products and cumin** India Poland
compliant with EU hexaconazole (0.66 mg/kg),
seeds
MRLs (ii) thiamethoxam (0.82 mg/kg), clothianidin
(0.27 mg/kg), nicotine (0.015 mg/kg),
tolfenpyrad (0.25 mg/kg), fipronil (0.068
mg/kg), tricyclazole (5.8 mg/kg),
iprobenfos (0.074 mg/kg), picoxystrobin
(0.51 mg/kg)*
Crustaceans and shrimps (Penaeus
ternidazole (> 0.08 µg/kg) Vietnam Belgium
products thereof monodon)
Residues of Meat And Meat
veterinary medicines Products (Other beef antibiotics residues (not specified)* Latvia Netherlands
not compliant with Than Poultry)
EU MRLs Poultry meat
and poultry chicken skewer dimetridazole (0.6 µg/kg)* Thailand France
meat products
Dietetic foods,
food
supplements food supplement skipped border controls USA Germany
and fortified
Smuggling
foods
Meat And Meat
Products (Other ovine carcasses traceability defects (false destination) UK Belgium
Than Poultry)
Cereals and
cookies milk, butter* Oman Sweden
bakery products
Meat And Meat
Products (Other sausage presence of pork China Italy
Than Poultry)
Nuts, nut
products and beans, nuts, seeds, spices unauthorised placing on the market Spain Spain
seeds
Other food composite products pork, milk, egg* South Korea Netherlands
Unauthorised origin product / mixed sunflower oil and sugar unauthorized operator Bulgaria Czechia
(operators, Poultry meat
unregistered transporter, unlabelled
and poultry chicken meat Poland Czechia
products
meat products
food preparation with
chicken and pork DNA* China Italy
mixed vegetables
noodles presence of poultry, bovine DNA China Italy
Prepared dishes noodles poultry and pig DNA* China Italy
and snacks
noodles presence of poultry, bovine DNA* China Italy
noodles presence of poultry, bovine DNA* China Italy
noodles presence of poultry, pork, bovine DNA* China Italy

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
noodles, spaghetti and
presence of poultry, beef, pork* China Italy
snacks
noodles pork and chicken DNA* China Italy
Prepared dishes prepared dishes (with
illegal import China Italy
and snacks pork)
Unauthorised origin snacks chicken DNA* China Italy
(operators, snacks presence of poultry, beef, pork* China Italy
steak flavoured snacks pig DNA* China Italy
broth chicken DNA* China Italy
Soups, broths, broth chicken DNA* China Italy
sauces and
condiments sauce pork DNA* China Italy
soup illegal import China Italy
Active substance
(Plant protection acetamiprid absence of traceability China Belgium
product)
Dietetic Foods, food supplements absence of marketing authorisation France Belgium
Food
Supplements
and Fortified food supplements absence of marketing authorisation Lithuania Latvia
Foods
Fish And Fish
sole (Synaptura spp) identification mismatch* Senegal Portugal
Products
kitchen utensils skipped border controls* China Denmark
Food contact
materials skipped border controls (absence of
plastic bags China Spain
sanitary documents)
mushrooms change of country of origin Belgium France
Fruits and traceability defects (documentation and
oranges Egypt Croatia
vegetables import shipment mismatch)*
pears change of country of origin Netherlands France
Others traceability defects (identification code
ajwain seeds India Estonia
mismatch)*
traceability defects (identification code
bay leaves India Estonia
mismatch)*
traceability defects (identification code
cloves India Estonia
Herbs And mismatch)*
Spices traceability defects (identification code
coriander seeds India Estonia
mismatch)*
traceability defects (identification code
cumin India Estonia
mismatch)*
traceability defects (identification code
fenugreek leaves India Estonia
mismatch)*
traceability defect (label/document origin
Meat And Meat beef Spain Italy
mismatch)
Products (Other
traceability defect (absence of approval
Than Poultry) veal meat Germany Austria
numbers)
Milk And Milk traceability defects (absence of
Various dairy products Netherlands Germany
Products documents)

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 PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION COMMODITY ISSUE ORIGIN NOTIFIED BY
CATEGORY
Nuts, nut
traceability defects (identification code
products and groundnuts Egypt Poland
mismatch)*
seeds
traceability defects (identification code Bosnia and
blueberry jam Croatia
mismatch)* Herzegovina
flavouring powders, cream
skipped border controls* Taiwan Netherlands
Other food foam swirls
product / mixed meat flavoured crackers
skipped border controls* Taiwan Netherlands
and sauces
Others various food products transport temperature France Germany
various food products transport temperature Netherlands Belgium
traceability defects (absence of
Poultry meat chicken skewers (kebab) Romania Italy
identification mark)
and poultry
traceability defects (absence of
meat products chicken meat Poland Germany
identification mark)
Soups, broths, sauces skipped border controls* UK Netherlands
sauces and
condiments soy sauce skipped border controls* India Estonia

* RASFF notification (with hyperlink to RASFF Window).

** Product originating from a country subject to a temporary increase of official border controls under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain
goods from third countries implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/625 and (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L
277, 29.10.2019, p. 89).

*** Product originating from an establishment subject to measures of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1873 of 7 November 2019 on
the procedures at border control posts for a coordinated performance by competent authorities of intensified official controls on products of animal
origin, germinal products, animal by-products and composite products (OJ L 289, 8.11.2019, p. 50).

(i) MLs: Maximum Limit(s)

(ii) MRLs: Maximum Residue Level(s)

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