Metalaxyl 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).
22 notifications since 1 January 2020 named metalaxyl, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 6 in the 365 days before, down 67%. 77% were border rejections and 18% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Sri Lanka (8), Türkiye (3) and India (2). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (21) and herbs and spices (1). The products named most often were beans (10), cucumbers (3) and vine leaves (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 metalaxyl
The newest 22 of 22, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1699, validated 2 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: chlorothalonil and metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.10186, validated 18 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.8115, validated 21 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.6680, validated 1 September 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by France: metalaxyl in lemons from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5571, validated 22 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans of unknown origin, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.1018, validated 13 February 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Switzerland: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0453, validated 22 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9261, validated 16 December 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Switzerland: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.5639, validated 23 July 2024.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in beans from Sri Lanka, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.4469, validated 10 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: metalaxyl in cabbages from Albania, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.2380, validated 26 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: metalaxyl and poor temperature control or heat treatment in cucumbers from Serbia, risk decision no risk, reference 2024.1456, validated 29 February 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Norway: thiamethoxam and metalaxyl in moringa leaves from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.0824, validated 6 February 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: tebuconazole, metalaxyl and zoxamide in pomegranates from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0105, validated 5 January 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: cypermethrin, captan or folpet, metalaxyl and 2 more findings in vine leaves from Türkiye, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.8437, validated 7 December 2023.
- Border rejection notified by France: metalaxyl in ginger from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.7300, validated 26 October 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: dimethoate or omethoate, metalaxyl and propargite in beans from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.6624, validated 29 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: metalaxyl in cucumbers from Serbia, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6233, validated 13 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: carbendazim, profenofos, permethrin and 2 more findings in fruit or vegetables from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.4004, validated 14 June 2023.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos and metalaxyl in peas from Kenya, risk decision serious, reference 2023.3120, validated 10 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: metalaxyl in cucumbers from North Macedonia, risk decision no risk, reference 2022.4641, validated 9 August 2022.
- Alert notified by Germany: dithiocarbamates, fenvalerate, metalaxyl and 9 more findings in vine leaves from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4335, validated 13 August 2021.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 17 | 77% |
| Alert | 2 | 9% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 9% |
| Information for attention | 1 | 5% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 4 | 18% |
| Potentially serious | 2 | 9% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 14% |
| Not serious | 7 | 32% |
| No risk | 6 | 27% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beans | 10 |
| Cucumbers | 3 |
| Vine leaves | 2 |
| Cabbages | 1 |
| Ginger | 1 |
| Lemons | 1 |
| Moringa leaves | 1 |
| Peas | 1 |
| Pomegranates | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 36% |
| Türkiye | 3 | 14% |
| India | 2 | 9% |
| Serbia | 2 | 9% |
| Albania | 1 | 5% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 5% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 5% |
| Origin not given | 1 | 5% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 21 | 95% |
| Herbs and spices | 1 | 5% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 9 | 41% |
| Germany | 4 | 18% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 9% |
| Croatia | 2 | 9% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 9% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |
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