Carbendazim 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).
106 notifications since 1 January 2020 named carbendazim, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 14 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 12 in the 365 days before, up 17%. 35% were border rejections and 42% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were India (11), Bangladesh (9) and Thailand (9). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (67), herbs and spices (19) and cereals and bakery products (11). The products named most often were beans (9), chilli peppers (8) and rice (7).
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 carbendazim
The newest 25 of 106, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: carbendazim and thiophanate methyl in raspberries from Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9509, validated 26 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: carbendazim and chlorothalonil in beans from Suriname, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9324, validated 20 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: carbendazim in fruit or vegetables from Colombia, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9158, validated 15 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: carbendazim in mangoes from Bangladesh, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7444, validated 24 August 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: carbendazim and difenoconazole in fruit or vegetables from Bangladesh, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7392, validated 20 August 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: carbendazim in beans from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6857, validated 31 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: carbendazim in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6814, validated 30 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorpyrifos and carbendazim in sesame seeds from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.5981, validated 6 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: carbendazim in beans from Suriname, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3872, validated 4 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: chlorpyrifos and carbendazim in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2504, validated 24 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: carbendazim and lambda cyhalothrin in fruit or vegetables from Tanzania, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1761, validated 3 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: carbendazim in chilli peppers from Tanzania, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1474, validated 23 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: carbendazim and dimethoate or omethoate in fruit or vegetables from Bangladesh, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0617, validated 26 January 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: carbendazim in bananas from Colombia, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8881, validated 13 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos, carbendazim, azoxystrobin and 1 more findings in nuts or seeds from Syria, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8088, validated 21 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: carbendazim in berries from Peru, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.7392, validated 26 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: carbendazim and imidacloprid in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7319, validated 24 September 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: carbendazim in raisins from South Africa, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6732, validated 2 September 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: carbendazim in mangoes from Bangladesh, risk decision serious, reference 2025.5549, validated 22 July 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: carbendazim and thiabendazole in fruit or vegetables from Ecuador, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5267, validated 10 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: acetamiprid, carbendazim, propiconazole and 2 more findings in fruit or vegetables from Egypt, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4294, validated 6 June 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: acetamiprid, carbendazim and imidacloprid in tea from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.1530, validated 4 March 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: carbendazim, prochloraz, azoxystrobin and 1 more findings in fruit or vegetables from Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0015, validated 2 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: carbendazim in chillies from Rwanda, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9217, validated 13 December 2024.
- Information for attention notified by France: carbendazim in fruit or vegetables from Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8489, validated 18 November 2024.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 13 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 37 | 35% |
| Alert | 16 | 15% |
| Information for follow up | 17 | 16% |
| Information for attention | 36 | 34% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 45 | 42% |
| Potentially serious | 18 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 6 | 6% |
| Not serious | 5 | 5% |
| Undecided | 30 | 28% |
| No risk | 2 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beans | 9 |
| Chilli peppers | 8 |
| Rice | 7 |
| Cumin | 5 |
| Basmati rice | 4 |
| Vine leaves | 4 |
| Basil | 3 |
| Raisins | 3 |
| Raspberries | 3 |
| Apples | 2 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| India | 11 | 10% |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 8% |
| Thailand | 9 | 8% |
| Egypt | 7 | 7% |
| Uganda | 7 | 7% |
| Kenya | 6 | 6% |
| China | 5 | 5% |
| Cambodia | 5 | 5% |
| Pakistan | 5 | 5% |
| Vietnam | 5 | 5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3% |
| Colombia | 2 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 67 | 63% |
| Herbs and spices | 19 | 18% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 11 | 10% |
| Other and mixed food products | 4 | 4% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 3 | 3% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 1 | under 1% |
| Food contact materials | 1 | under 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 21 | 20% |
| Italy | 19 | 18% |
| Denmark | 14 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 12 | 11% |
| France | 8 | 8% |
| Czechia | 5 | 5% |
| Greece | 5 | 5% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
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