145 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from China since 1 January 2020. That is 7% of all EU notifications on products from China and 22% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; China ranks 1 of 73 origins for this category. 36 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 30 in the 365 days before, up 20%.
Most reported: pesticide residues (37), tolfenpyrad (24) and dinotefuran (16). 75% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 14% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were tea (71), green tea (38) and black tea (16).
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 on cocoa, coffee and tea from China
The newest 25 of 145, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Latvia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for cocoa, coffee or tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.9348, validated 21 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.
- Alert notified by Germany: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8995, validated 9 October 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for green tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.8283, validated 18 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: pesticide residues in cocoa, coffee or tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8068, validated 11 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: chlorpyrifos and lambda cyhalothrin in tea from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7881, validated 7 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Austria: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7783, validated 3 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6208, validated 13 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: perchlorate in green tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.6241, validated 13 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: aluminium in green tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5922, validated 3 July 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for tea from China, risk decision no risk, reference 2026.5506, validated 22 June 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.
- 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.
- Alert notified by France: anthraquinone in tea from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4887, validated 3 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.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: thiamethoxam in green tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4510, validated 21 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4007, validated 7 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: propamocarb in tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3653, validated 27 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: lambda cyhalothrin and dinotefuran in tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3417, validated 21 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Croatia: pyrrolizidine alkaloids in green tea from China, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3393, validated 21 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by the Netherlands: pesticide residues in green tea from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3234, validated 16 April 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: thiamethoxam in green tea from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.3215, validated 15 April 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Ireland: foreign bodies in herbal infusions from China, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3123, validated 13 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2658, validated 27 March 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: pesticide residues in tea from China, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2490, validated 24 March 2026.
More: all notifications on products from China and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 29 |
| 2025 | 23 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 35 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 109 | 75% |
| Alert | 11 | 8% |
| Information for follow up | 17 | 12% |
| Information for attention | 8 | 6% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 21 | 14% |
| Potentially serious | 27 | 19% |
| Potential risk | 30 | 21% |
| Not serious | 26 | 18% |
| Undecided | 30 | 21% |
| No risk | 11 | 8% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pesticide residues | 37 | 26% |
| Tolfenpyrad | 24 | 17% |
| Dinotefuran | 16 | 11% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 15 | 10% |
| Lambda cyhalothrin | 15 | 10% |
| Anthraquinone | 12 | 8% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 10 | 7% |
| Unauthorised novel food | 6 | 4% |
| Other finding | 6 | 4% |
| Thiamethoxam | 5 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Tea | 71 |
| Green tea | 38 |
| Black tea | 16 |
| Coffee | 3 |
| Herbal infusions | 3 |
| Cocoa | 2 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 25 | 17% |
| Poland | 22 | 15% |
| Germany | 18 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 11 | 8% |
| Finland | 10 | 7% |
| Italy | 7 | 5% |
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