Tolfenpyrad 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).
60 notifications since 1 January 2020 named tolfenpyrad, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 14 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 11 in the 365 days before, up 27%. 82% were border rejections and 18% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were China (28), India (11) and Vietnam (4). The product categories named most often were cocoa, coffee and tea (36), fruit and vegetables (12) and herbs and spices (9). The products named most often were green tea (15), tea (10) and black tea (8).
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 tolfenpyrad
The newest 25 of 60, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Latvia: tolfenpyrad and illegal import or unapproved establishment in tea from Russia, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9536, validated 27 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: acetamiprid, tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in green tea from Azerbaijan, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9202, validated 16 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: thiamethoxam, lambda cyhalothrin and tolfenpyrad in cocoa, coffee or tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9014, validated 12 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in green tea from Syria, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6437, validated 20 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in black tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5450, validated 19 June 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: tolfenpyrad in okra from Honduras, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5276, validated 15 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Bulgaria: thiamethoxam, lambda cyhalothrin, tolfenpyrad and 1 more findings in tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5260, validated 15 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: thiamethoxam, clothianidin, flonicamid and 3 more findings in tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4827, validated 2 June 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: tolfenpyrad in fruit or vegetables from India, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4528, validated 22 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Norway: tolfenpyrad and veterinary medicine residues in green tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2323, validated 19 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: tolfenpyrad in tea from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1864, validated 5 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad in black tea from India, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.1837, validated 5 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: tolfenpyrad in tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.1540, validated 25 February 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: tolfenpyrad in cumin from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0018, validated 5 January 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: tolfenpyrad in cumin from India, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.7835, validated 13 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: imidacloprid, tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in green tea from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7501, validated 1 October 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad in okra from Oman, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.6434, validated 22 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: tolfenpyrad in green tea from Japan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.5492, validated 18 July 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: chlorpyrifos, tolfenpyrad, fipronil and 3 more findings in chilli peppers from Bangladesh, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4021, validated 29 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad, fipronil, ethion and 1 more findings in chilli peppers from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.3942, validated 27 May 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad and ethion in chilli powder from Bangladesh, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0943, validated 11 February 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in fruit or vegetables from Oman, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0499, validated 24 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Greece: tolfenpyrad in peppers from Oman, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.0326, validated 17 January 2025.
- Border rejection notified by Sweden: lambda cyhalothrin, tolfenpyrad and dinotefuran in a mixed food product from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.0251, validated 15 January 2025.
- 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.
Other pesticide residues: chlorpyrifos, ethylene oxide, pesticide residues.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 14 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 49 | 82% |
| Alert | 1 | 2% |
| Information for follow up | 6 | 10% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 7% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 11 | 18% |
| Potentially serious | 10 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 18 | 30% |
| Not serious | 8 | 13% |
| Undecided | 12 | 20% |
| No risk | 1 | 2% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Green tea | 15 |
| Tea | 10 |
| Black tea | 8 |
| Cumin | 5 |
| Chilli peppers | 3 |
| Okra | 3 |
| Peppers | 2 |
| Chilli powder | 1 |
| Curry powder | 1 |
| Moringa leaves | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 28 | 47% |
| India | 11 | 18% |
| Vietnam | 4 | 7% |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 5% |
| Oman | 3 | 5% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 3% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 2% |
| Honduras | 1 | 2% |
| Jordan | 1 | 2% |
| Russia | 1 | 2% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 36 | 60% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 12 | 20% |
| Herbs and spices | 9 | 15% |
| Other and mixed food products | 2 | 3% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 1 | 2% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | 10 | 17% |
| Poland | 7 | 12% |
| Germany | 6 | 10% |
| Finland | 5 | 8% |
| Latvia | 5 | 8% |
| Spain | 4 | 7% |
| France | 4 | 7% |
| Italy | 4 | 7% |
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