Fosthiazate 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).
41 notifications since 1 January 2020 named fosthiazate, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 12 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, up 300%. 80% were border rejections and 98% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Türkiye (33), Belgium (2) and Egypt (2). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (41). The products named most often were peppers (30), potatoes (5) and cucumbers (2).
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 fosthiazate
The newest 25 of 41, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.6655, validated 27 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate and fenbutatin in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5418, validated 19 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4490, validated 21 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3867, validated 4 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Greece: fosthiazate in potatoes from Greece, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3541, validated 23 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3226, validated 16 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3191, validated 15 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate and etoxazole in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3154, validated 14 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Cyprus: fosthiazate in strawberries from Egypt, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2008, validated 11 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.10435, validated 29 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by the Netherlands: fosthiazate in cucumbers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9126, validated 19 November 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8971, validated 17 November 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in fruit or vegetables from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7949, validated 16 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.7071, validated 16 September 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: chlorpyrifos, spirotetramat and fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2257, validated 27 March 2025.
- Alert notified by Austria: fosthiazate in cucumbers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7441, validated 9 October 2024.
- Alert notified by Czechia: fosthiazate in celery from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2024.7442, validated 9 October 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2024.4301, validated 4 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2023.8226, validated 29 November 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: fosthiazate in potatoes from Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5872, validated 30 August 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: fosthiazate in potatoes from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.5013, validated 25 July 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate and tebufenpyrad in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3743, validated 5 June 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2405, validated 10 April 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: fosthiazate in potatoes from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2022.5080, validated 1 September 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: fosthiazate in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.6987, validated 20 December 2021.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 9 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 33 | 80% |
| Alert | 4 | 10% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 10% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 40 | 98% |
| Not serious | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Peppers | 30 |
| Potatoes | 5 |
| Cucumbers | 2 |
| Celery | 1 |
| Courgettes | 1 |
| Strawberries | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 33 | 80% |
| Belgium | 2 | 5% |
| Egypt | 2 | 5% |
| Greece | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Origin not given | 1 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 41 | 100% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 31 | 76% |
| Belgium | 2 | 5% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 2% |
| Czechia | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Greece | 1 | 2% |
| Croatia | 1 | 2% |
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