Hexaconazole 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).
28 notifications since 1 January 2020 named hexaconazole, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 8 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 4 in the 365 days before, up 100%. 71% were border rejections and 18% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Kenya (12), India (4) and Pakistan (3). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (17), herbs and spices (7) and cereals and bakery products (3). The products named most often were beans (10), cumin (4) and chilli peppers (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 hexaconazole
The newest 25 of 28, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Denmark: dimethoate or omethoate and hexaconazole in herbs or spices from Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9667, validated 30 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the European Commission: chlorpyrifos, imidacloprid, hexaconazole and 1 more findings in coriander from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8949, validated 8 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.6853, validated 31 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in peppers from Uganda, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3107, validated 13 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1537, validated 24 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0421, validated 19 January 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10440, validated 29 December 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: hexaconazole in rice from Paraguay, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.10279, validated 19 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8177, validated 23 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.7719, validated 9 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9249, validated 13 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9247, validated 13 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: hexaconazole in fruit or vegetables from Kenya, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7363, validated 7 October 2024.
- Border rejection notified by France: hexaconazole in beans from Kenya, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4465, validated 10 June 2024.
- Alert notified by Denmark: chlorpyrifos, acetamiprid, carbendazim and 6 more findings in cumin from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0783, validated 5 February 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: propiconazole, chlorfenapyr and hexaconazole in chilli peppers from Cambodia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.7233, validated 24 October 2023.
- Border rejection notified by France: chlorfenapyr and hexaconazole in herbs or spices from Vietnam, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6468, validated 25 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Cyprus: chlorfenapyr and hexaconazole in chilli peppers from Vietnam, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.3424, validated 23 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorpyrifos and hexaconazole in chilli peppers from Kenya, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1520, validated 3 March 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: hexaconazole in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.1216, validated 21 February 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: chlorpyrifos, acetamiprid, carbendazim and 4 more findings in cumin from India, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1014, validated 13 February 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: hexaconazole in rice from Pakistan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.0776, validated 2 February 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tricyclazole and hexaconazole in cumin from Pakistan, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5770, validated 5 October 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: chlorpyrifos, tricyclazole and hexaconazole in cumin from India, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.5641, validated 29 September 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.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 20 | 71% |
| Alert | 3 | 11% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 7% |
| Information for attention | 3 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 5 | 18% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 21% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 11% |
| Not serious | 10 | 36% |
| Undecided | 4 | 14% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beans | 10 |
| Cumin | 4 |
| Chilli peppers | 3 |
| Rice | 3 |
| Coriander | 1 |
| Nuts or seeds | 1 |
| Peppers | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 12 | 43% |
| India | 4 | 14% |
| Pakistan | 3 | 11% |
| Vietnam | 3 | 11% |
| China | 2 | 7% |
| Cambodia | 1 | 4% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 4% |
| Thailand | 1 | 4% |
| Uganda | 1 | 4% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 17 | 61% |
| Herbs and spices | 7 | 25% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 3 | 11% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 1 | 4% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 12 | 43% |
| Greece | 5 | 18% |
| Denmark | 3 | 11% |
| Italy | 2 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 7% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 4% |
| Czechia | 1 | 4% |
| European Commission | 1 | 4% |
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