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Group: Pesticide residues

Pyridaben in EU food safety alerts

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

64
notifications since 2020
2
in the last 365 days
97%
border rejections
94%
serious risk decision

Pyridaben 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).

64 notifications since 1 January 2020 named pyridaben, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 3 in the 365 days before, down 33%. 97% were border rejections and 94% had a serious risk decision.

The origins named most often were Türkiye (59), China (2) and Thailand (2). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (62), cocoa, coffee and tea (1) and herbs and spices (1). The products named most often were peppers (58), beans (1) and chilli peppers (1).

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 pyridaben

The newest 25 of 64, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.

  1. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5567, validated 24 June 2026.
  2. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5565, validated 24 June 2026.
  3. Border rejection notified by France: pyridaben in beans from Kenya, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.7221, validated 22 September 2025.
  4. Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos and pyridaben in herbs or spices from Thailand, risk decision serious, reference 2025.1438, validated 28 February 2025.
  5. Border rejection notified by Latvia: acetamiprid, tolfenpyrad, pyridaben and 1 more findings in green tea from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.9195, validated 12 December 2024.
  6. Border rejection notified by Switzerland: pyridaben in peppers from Thailand, risk decision no risk, reference 2022.3931, validated 6 July 2022.
  7. Alert notified by the Netherlands: prochloraz and pyridaben in yams from China, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0337, validated 18 January 2022.
  8. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3897, validated 23 July 2021.
  9. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: acetamiprid, buprofezin and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3091, validated 15 June 2021.
  10. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3090, validated 15 June 2021.
  11. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: buprofezin and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2978, validated 9 June 2021.
  12. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: buprofezin and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2926, validated 7 June 2021.
  13. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2685, validated 27 May 2021.
  14. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2687, validated 27 May 2021.
  15. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2476, validated 18 May 2021.
  16. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: acetamiprid and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2472, validated 18 May 2021.
  17. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: buprofezin and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2469, validated 18 May 2021.
  18. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: acetamiprid and pyridaben in chilli peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2439, validated 16 May 2021.
  19. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2401, validated 13 May 2021.
  20. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben and spirotetramat in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2372, validated 12 May 2021.
  21. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: acetamiprid and pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2322, validated 10 May 2021.
  22. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2321, validated 9 May 2021.
  23. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2320, validated 8 May 2021.
  24. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.2046, validated 25 April 2021.
  25. Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: pyridaben in peppers from Türkiye, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1855, validated 14 April 2021.

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

The numbers

Notifications per year, pyridaben
YearNotifications
202032
202125
20222
20230
20241
20252
2026 (to 8 Nov 2026)2
By type of notification
TypeNotificationsShare
Border rejection6297%
Alert23%
By risk decision
Risk decisionNotificationsShare
Serious6094%
Not serious12%
No risk35%
Products named most often
ProductNotifications
Peppers58
Beans1
Chilli peppers1
Green tea1
Pomegranates1
Yams1
Countries of origin named most often
OriginNotificationsShare
Türkiye5992%
China23%
Thailand23%
Kenya12%
Product categories
Product categoryNotificationsShare
Fruit and vegetables6297%
Cocoa, coffee and tea12%
Herbs and spices12%
Countries that notified most often
Notifying countryNotificationsShare
Bulgaria5992%
Netherlands23%
Switzerland12%
France12%
Latvia12%

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