23 notifications on fruit and vegetables from the Dominican Republic since 1 January 2020. That is 85% of all EU notifications on products from the Dominican Republic and under 1% of all notifications on fruit and vegetables from any origin; The Dominican Republic ranks 39 of 117 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 0 in the 365 days before, new this year.
Most reported: pesticide residues (6), chlorpyrifos (5) and cadmium (3). 65% were border rejections (52% for fruit and vegetables from all origins) and 52% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were aubergines (6), avocados (3) and beans (3).
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 fruit and vegetables from the Dominican Republic
The newest 23 of 23, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Alert notified by Spain: chlorpyrifos in guavas from the Dominican Republic, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7788, validated 3 September 2026.
- Border rejection notified by Switzerland: pesticide residues in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.9931, validated 11 December 2025.
- Border rejection notified by France: pesticide residues in peppers from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5523, validated 18 July 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Italy: chlorfenapyr in chilli peppers from the Dominican Republic, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2728, validated 8 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Italy: chlorfenapyr and cyfluthrin in beans from the Dominican Republic, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.2736, validated 8 April 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: cadmium in avocados from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1485, validated 1 March 2024.
- Border rejection notified by France: thiabendazole in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.6086, validated 6 September 2023.
- Border rejection notified by France: fipronil in peppers from the Dominican Republic, risk decision not serious, reference 2023.2644, validated 20 April 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Switzerland: methomyl and mepiquat in fruit or vegetables from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2519, validated 14 April 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: pesticide residues and cadmium in avocados from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2023.0279, validated 12 January 2023.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: pesticide residues in pineapples from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7369, validated 16 December 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: ethephon in mangoes from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2022.4325, validated 25 July 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: chlorpyrifos and carbendazim in guavas from the Dominican Republic, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.1988, validated 4 April 2022.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: cadmium in avocados from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2022.1416, validated 10 March 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in beans from the Dominican Republic, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.6703, validated 7 December 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5605, validated 18 October 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos and dimethoate or omethoate in beans from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2021.5282, validated 1 October 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: triadimefon in pineapples from the Dominican Republic, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.3473, validated 1 July 2021.
- Border rejection notified by France: ethylene oxide in peppers from the Dominican Republic, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.1646, validated 31 March 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: pesticide residues in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2021.1346, validated 16 March 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: pesticide residues in fruit or vegetables from the Dominican Republic, risk decision undecided, reference 2020.2008, validated 13 May 2020.
- Border rejection notified by Germany: carbofuran in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2020.1281, validated 20 March 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: carbofuran in aubergines from the Dominican Republic, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0548, validated 4 February 2020.
More: all notifications on products from the Dominican Republic and fruit and vegetables from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 1 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 15 | 65% |
| Alert | 2 | 9% |
| Information for follow up | 1 | 4% |
| Information for attention | 5 | 22% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 12 | 52% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 4% |
| Potential risk | 3 | 13% |
| Not serious | 2 | 9% |
| Undecided | 5 | 22% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pesticide residues | 6 | 26% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 5 | 22% |
| Cadmium | 3 | 13% |
| Carbofuran | 2 | 9% |
| Chlorfenapyr | 2 | 9% |
| Carbendazim | 1 | 4% |
| Cyfluthrin | 1 | 4% |
| Dimethoate or omethoate | 1 | 4% |
| Ethephon | 1 | 4% |
| Ethylene oxide | 1 | 4% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Aubergines | 6 |
| Avocados | 3 |
| Beans | 3 |
| Peppers | 3 |
| Guavas | 2 |
| Pineapples | 2 |
| Chilli peppers | 1 |
| Mangoes | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 4 | 17% |
| Germany | 4 | 17% |
| Spain | 4 | 17% |
| France | 4 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 9% |
| Italy | 2 | 9% |
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