21 notifications on fruit and vegetables from the United Kingdom since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from the United Kingdom and under 1% of all notifications on fruit and vegetables from any origin; The United Kingdom ranks 41 of 117 origins for this category. 2 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 2 in the 365 days before, no change.
Most reported: chlorpyrifos (3), foreign bodies (2) and insects or pest damage (2). 29% were border rejections (52% for fruit and vegetables from all origins) and 48% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were beans (5), cabbages (3) and peas (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 United Kingdom
The newest 21 of 21, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: poor temperature control or heat treatment for potatoes from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8101, validated 14 September 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: patulin in apples from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2026.7581, validated 27 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by France: missing or incorrect health certificates and documents for potatoes from the United Kingdom, risk decision no risk, reference 2025.8362, validated 28 October 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: flonicamid in cabbages from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8926, validated 3 December 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: bromide ion in celery from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2024.8145, validated 5 November 2024.
- Information for attention notified by Malta: fosetyl or phosphonic acid in beans from the United Kingdom, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7551, validated 15 October 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in beans from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.7450, validated 31 October 2023.
- Alert notified by Germany: chlorpyrifos in peas from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2023.4499, validated 5 July 2023.
- Alert notified by Denmark: chlorpyrifos in lentils from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.3690, validated 23 June 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Greece: foreign bodies in strawberries from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0996, validated 21 February 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised novel food in fruit or vegetables from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0689, validated 4 February 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Cyprus: insects or pest damage in beans from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.0614, validated 2 February 2022.
- Alert notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level in seaweed from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2022.0306, validated 17 January 2022.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: unauthorised colours in peas from the United Kingdom, risk decision no risk, reference 2021.6440, validated 26 November 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Malta: chlorate and perchlorate in cabbages from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.5990, validated 5 November 2021.
- Information for follow up notified by Iceland: foreign bodies and insects or pest damage in peas from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.2475, validated 18 May 2021.
- Border rejection notified by Spain: a substance not authorised in the EU in beans from the United Kingdom, risk decision undecided, reference 2021.1880, validated 28 April 2021.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: a finding outside our word list in cabbages from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.3159, validated 4 August 2020.
- Alert notified by the United Kingdom: a finding outside our word list in sweetcorn from the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.1844, validated 1 May 2020.
- Border rejection notified by the United Kingdom: acephate or methamidophos in beans from the United Kingdom, risk decision no risk, reference 2020.1126, validated 9 March 2020.
- Alert notified by Belgium: norovirus in berries from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, risk decision serious, reference 2020.0481, validated 30 January 2020.
More: all notifications on products from the United Kingdom and fruit and vegetables from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 2 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 6 | 29% |
| Alert | 8 | 38% |
| Information for follow up | 2 | 10% |
| Information for attention | 5 | 24% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 10 | 48% |
| Potentially serious | 1 | 5% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 10% |
| Undecided | 5 | 24% |
| No risk | 3 | 14% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorpyrifos | 3 | 14% |
| Foreign bodies | 2 | 10% |
| Insects or pest damage | 2 | 10% |
| Other finding | 2 | 10% |
| Acephate or methamidophos | 1 | 5% |
| Bromide ion | 1 | 5% |
| Chlorate | 1 | 5% |
| Missing or incorrect health certificates and documents | 1 | 5% |
| Flonicamid | 1 | 5% |
| Fosetyl or phosphonic acid | 1 | 5% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Beans | 5 |
| Cabbages | 3 |
| Peas | 3 |
| Potatoes | 2 |
| Apples | 1 |
| Berries | 1 |
| Celery | 1 |
| Lentils | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Belgium | 2 | 10% |
| Malta | 2 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 10% |
| Austria | 1 | 5% |
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