Bifenthrin is a pesticide substance. The EU sets a maximum residue level for each pesticide and crop, the highest residue legally tolerated when the pesticide is used correctly, and where no level is set the default is 0.01 mg/kg (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Article 18).
22 notifications since 1 January 2020 named bifenthrin, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 4 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 5 in the 365 days before, down 20%. 50% were border rejections and 18% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Kenya (6), Bangladesh (2) and China (2). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (20), feed materials (1) and other and mixed food products (1). The products named most often were beans (8), apples (1) and apricots (1).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Maximum residue levels, European Commission; Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on pesticide residues, Articles 3 and 18.
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications that named bifenthrin
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by France: bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9194, validated 16 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2839, validated 2 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: iprodione, bifenthrin and haloxyfop in fruit or vegetables from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2214, validated 16 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10182, validated 18 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: clothianidin and bifenthrin in fruit or vegetables from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7813, validated 10 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6959, validated 10 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Cyprus: bifenthrin and pyridalyl in fruit or vegetables from Israel, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6721, validated 2 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.6616, validated 28 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: acephate or methamidophos and bifenthrin in beans from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6614, validated 28 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: chlorpyrifos and bifenthrin in apples from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.0685, validated 31 January 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: bifenthrin and novaluron in plums from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.7255, validated 25 October 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: propiconazole, acephate or methamidophos, methomyl and 1 more findings in beans from Mexico, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2560, validated 17 April 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: chlorfenapyr, bifenthrin and fenpropathrin in beans from Bangladesh, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.2365, validated 6 April 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: lambda cyhalothrin and bifenthrin in fruit or vegetables from Sri Lanka, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1407, validated 28 February 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: methomyl, chlorothalonil and bifenthrin in passion fruit from Ecuador, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1249, validated 22 February 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: bifenthrin in apricots from Australia, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.0003, validated 2 January 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: chlorpyrifos and bifenthrin in maize for feed from Brazil, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.3694, validated 23 June 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: acetamiprid, carbendazim, imidacloprid and 16 more findings in fruit or vegetables from Vietnam, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3225, validated 1 June 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: bifenthrin in a mixed food product from India, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3156, validated 30 May 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: chlorpyrifos, carbofuran, bifenthrin and 1 more findings in fruit or vegetables from Bangladesh, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1295, validated 4 March 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: bifenthrin in fruit or vegetables from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0155, validated 10 January 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pirimiphos methyl and bifenthrin in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2704, validated 27 May 2021.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 3 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 11 | 50% |
| Alert | 2 | 9% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 9% |
| Information for attention | 7 | 32% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 4 | 18% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 27% |
| Potential risk | 4 | 18% |
| Not serious | 5 | 23% |
| Undecided | 3 | 14% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beans | 8 |
| Apples | 1 |
| Apricots | 1 |
| Maize for feed | 1 |
| Oranges | 1 |
| Passion fruit | 1 |
| Plums | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 27% |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 9% |
| China | 2 | 9% |
| Türkiye | 2 | 9% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 9% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 5% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 20 | 91% |
| Feed materials | 1 | 5% |
| Other and mixed food products | 1 | 5% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6 | 27% |
| France | 6 | 27% |
| Italy | 3 | 14% |
| Poland | 2 | 9% |
| Belgium | 1 | 5% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 5% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
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