Chlorate residues are regulated as pesticide residues. The Commission notes that EFSA found the levels of chlorate in drinking water and in foods too high.
123 notifications since 1 January 2020 named chlorate, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 17 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 23 in the 365 days before, down 26%. 55% were border rejections and 51% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (38), Thailand (21) and Brazil (18). The product categories named most often were poultry meat (62), fruit and vegetables (18) and fish and fish products (13). The products named most often were poultry meat (35), chicken meat (27) and thickeners (12).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Maximum residue levels, European Commission.
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 chlorate
The newest 25 of 123, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in food supplements from Slovenia and the United States, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7983, validated 9 September 2026.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in food supplement powders from the United States, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7976, validated 9 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4610, validated 26 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3594, validated 24 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3599, validated 24 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3338, validated 20 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3088, validated 10 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: chlorate in pears from Belgium, risk decision no risk, reference 2026.3081, validated 10 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2760, validated 31 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2700, validated 30 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: chlorate in cabbages from Egypt, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1782, validated 4 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1448, validated 20 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: chlorate in a feed material from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1419, validated 19 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from Belgium and China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0361, validated 16 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10124, validated 17 December 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10026, validated 15 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in poultry meat from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10012, validated 13 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: chlorate in thickeners from Belgium, China and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.6360, validated 20 August 2025.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in poultry meat from Brazil, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.4813, validated 26 June 2025.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in poultry meat from Brazil, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.4647, validated 23 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in cucumbers from the Netherlands, risk decision serious, reference 2025.4522, validated 17 June 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Norway: chlorate in chicken meat from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.4046, validated 30 May 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: chlorate in mangoes from Belgium and Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3121, validated 25 April 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: chlorate in chicken meat from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3040, validated 24 April 2025.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: chlorate in poultry meat from Brazil, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.2911, validated 17 April 2025.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 46 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 26 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 14 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 68 | 55% |
| Alert | 17 | 14% |
| Information for follow up | 21 | 17% |
| Information for attention | 17 | 14% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 63 | 51% |
| Potentially serious | 11 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 16 | 13% |
| Not serious | 24 | 20% |
| Undecided | 4 | 3% |
| No risk | 5 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Poultry meat | 35 |
| Chicken meat | 27 |
| Thickeners | 12 |
| Pangasius | 7 |
| Cabbages | 5 |
| Sesame seeds | 5 |
| Fish | 3 |
| Pears | 3 |
| Mangoes | 2 |
| Salad leaves | 2 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 38 | 31% |
| Thailand | 21 | 17% |
| Brazil | 18 | 15% |
| Vietnam | 9 | 7% |
| Spain | 7 | 6% |
| Belgium | 6 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Nigeria | 3 | 2% |
| Yemen | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Poultry meat | 62 | 50% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 18 | 15% |
| Fish and fish products | 13 | 11% |
| Food additives and flavourings | 12 | 10% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 5 | 4% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 3 | 2% |
| Herbs and spices | 2 | 2% |
| Non alcoholic beverages | 2 | 2% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 1 | under 1% |
| Crustaceans | 1 | under 1% |
| Feed materials | 1 | under 1% |
| Meat other than poultry | 1 | under 1% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 55 | 45% |
| Belgium | 33 | 27% |
| Germany | 15 | 12% |
| Italy | 6 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | under 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | under 1% |
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