Tetramethrin 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).
20 notifications since 1 January 2020 named tetramethrin, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 7 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, up 250%. 20% were border rejections and 15% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (8), Italy (7) and Bulgaria (3). The product categories named most often were fruit and vegetables (14), cereals and bakery products (4) and cocoa, coffee and tea (1). The products named most often were mushrooms (10), flour (2) 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 tetramethrin
The newest 20 of 20, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by France: tetramethrin in mushrooms from Chile, China, France and 1 more countries, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4339, validated 18 May 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: tetramethrin in walnuts from Poland and Ukraine, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2209, validated 16 March 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: permethrin and tetramethrin in fruit or vegetables from Italy, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2153, validated 13 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: tetramethrin in mushrooms from Bulgaria and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1311, validated 17 February 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: tetramethrin in mushrooms from China, Italy and Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.1252, validated 16 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: permethrin and tetramethrin in figs from Türkiye, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0234, validated 13 January 2026.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin and illegal import or unapproved establishment in wheat from France and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8934, validated 14 November 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: tetramethrin in chilli peppers from Türkiye, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4392, validated 11 June 2025.
- Alert notified by France: permethrin, propoxur and tetramethrin in mushrooms from Bulgaria, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0600, validated 29 January 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: propoxur and tetramethrin in mushrooms from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.7609, validated 17 October 2024.
- Alert notified by France: cypermethrin, nicotine, propoxur and 1 more findings in mushrooms from China, risk decision serious, reference 2024.3611, validated 7 May 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: tetramethrin in oranges from Egypt, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.3401, validated 29 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: tetramethrin in flour from Hungary and Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.0133, validated 8 January 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: lambda cyhalothrin and tetramethrin in tea from China, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.6736, validated 18 November 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: tetramethrin in mushrooms from China, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0473, validated 25 January 2022.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin in flour from Italy and Poland, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6754, validated 9 December 2021.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin in rice from Italy, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6627, validated 3 December 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: tetramethrin in mushrooms from China, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.5774, validated 26 October 2021.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: tetramethrin in mushrooms from China, risk decision serious, reference 2021.4917, validated 15 September 2021.
- Alert notified by Italy: tetramethrin in mushrooms from Bulgaria, risk decision serious, reference 2021.3306, validated 23 June 2021.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 6 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 4 | 20% |
| Alert | 6 | 30% |
| Information for follow up | 6 | 30% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 20% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 3 | 15% |
| Potentially serious | 8 | 40% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 15% |
| Not serious | 1 | 5% |
| Undecided | 5 | 25% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Mushrooms | 10 |
| Flour | 2 |
| Chilli peppers | 1 |
| Figs | 1 |
| Oranges | 1 |
| Rice | 1 |
| Tea | 1 |
| Walnuts | 1 |
| Wheat | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 8 | 40% |
| Italy | 7 | 35% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 15% |
| Poland | 3 | 15% |
| France | 2 | 10% |
| Türkiye | 2 | 10% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| Egypt | 1 | 5% |
| Hungary | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 5% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and vegetables | 14 | 70% |
| Cereals and bakery products | 4 | 20% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 1 | 5% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 1 | 5% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 11 | 55% |
| France | 4 | 20% |
| Germany | 3 | 15% |
| Poland | 1 | 5% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 5% |
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