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Group: Pesticide residues

Fenvalerate in EU food safety alerts

Every EU notification since 2020 whose subject our word list matched to fenvalerate.

43
notifications since 2020
0
in the last 365 days
88%
border rejections
65%
serious risk decision

Fenvalerate 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).

43 notifications since 1 January 2020 named fenvalerate, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 0 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, down 100%. 88% were border rejections and 65% had a serious risk decision.

The origins named most often were Türkiye (42) and Uganda (1). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (43). The products named most often were mandarins (28), oranges (6) and lemons (3).

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 fenvalerate

The newest 25 of 43, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.

  1. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: cypermethrin and fenvalerate in pomegranates from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8383, validated 29 October 2025.
  2. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in grapefruit from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3404, validated 7 May 2025.
  3. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: acetamiprid, cypermethrin, tebuconazole and 2 more findings in pomegranates from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2023.6786, validated 6 October 2023.
  4. Information for attention notified by Slovakia: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in lemons from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2022.2680, validated 6 May 2022.
  5. Border rejection notified by Sweden: fenvalerate in chilli peppers from Uganda, risk decision no risk, reference 2022.2374, validated 25 April 2022.
  6. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1658, validated 22 March 2022.
  7. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1573, validated 17 March 2022.
  8. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in lemons from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1534, validated 16 March 2022.
  9. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1443, validated 11 March 2022.
  10. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1383, validated 9 March 2022.
  11. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1269, validated 3 March 2022.
  12. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1209, validated 2 March 2022.
  13. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0983, validated 20 February 2022.
  14. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0843, validated 13 February 2022.
  15. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0801, validated 10 February 2022.
  16. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fenvalerate and esfenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0021, validated 3 January 2022.
  17. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos, prochloraz, fenvalerate and 1 more findings in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.7148, validated 25 December 2021.
  18. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.7089, validated 23 December 2021.
  19. Information for attention notified by Poland: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6430, validated 26 November 2021.
  20. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6022, validated 7 November 2021.
  21. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision not serious, reference 2021.6001, validated 5 November 2021.
  22. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.5881, validated 31 October 2021.
  23. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in oranges from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5865, validated 29 October 2021.
  24. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos and fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5752, validated 24 October 2021.
  25. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fenvalerate in mandarins from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5446, validated 9 October 2021.

Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.

The numbers

Notifications per year, fenvalerate
YearNotifications
202012
202115
202213
20231
20240
20252
2026 (to 8 Nov 2026)0
By type of notification
TypeNotificationsShare
Border rejection3888%
Alert25%
Information for attention37%
By risk decision
Risk decisionNotificationsShare
Serious2865%
Not serious12%
Undecided1330%
No risk12%
Products named most often
ProductNotifications
Mandarins28
Oranges6
Lemons3
Pomegranates3
Chilli peppers1
Grapefruit1
Vine leaves1
Countries of origin named most often
OriginNotificationsShare
Türkiye4298%
Uganda12%
Product categories
Product categoryNotificationsShare
Fruit and vegetables43100%
Countries that notified most often
Notifying countryNotificationsShare
Bulgaria3786%
Slovakia25%
Germany12%
Poland12%
Sweden12%
Slovenia12%

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