108 notifications on fruit and vegetables from Poland since 1 January 2020. That is 5% of all EU notifications on products from Poland and 2% of all notifications on fruit and vegetables from any origin; Poland ranks 12 of 117 origins for this category. 23 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 14 in the 365 days before, up 64%.
Most reported: chlorpyrifos (22), foreign bodies (16) and cadmium (10). 0% were border rejections (52% for fruit and vegetables from all origins) and 47% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were cabbages (20), peppers (7) and tomatoes (7).
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 Poland
The newest 25 of 108, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for attention notified by Romania: ethephon in peppers from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9909, validated 6 November 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: spiroxamine in tomatoes from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.9691, validated 30 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Germany: Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in raisins from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.9594, validated 28 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Czechia: flonicamid in cabbages from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9396, validated 21 October 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovakia: moulds in beans from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.8834, validated 6 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in raspberries from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.8746, validated 2 October 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Austria: flonicamid in cabbages from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8294, validated 18 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Austria: iodine above the safe level and fraud or adulteration in seaweed from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7338, validated 4 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Lithuania: foreign bodies in fruit or vegetables from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5370, validated 18 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Estonia: acetamiprid in cabbages from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.5146, validated 10 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Sweden: foreign bodies in vegetables from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.4529, validated 22 May 2026.
- Alert notified by France: pesticide residues in strawberries from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.3060, validated 10 April 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Poland: foreign bodies in apricots from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.3083, validated 10 April 2026.
- Alert notified by Slovakia: foreign bodies in vegetables from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2704, validated 30 March 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: lead in fruit or vegetables from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2532, validated 24 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: norovirus in raspberries from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.2431, validated 20 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos and tebuconazole in cabbages from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2416, validated 20 March 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: Listeria monocytogenes in cabbages from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.2140, validated 13 March 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.
- Alert notified by Poland: foreign bodies in vegetables from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1145, validated 11 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Latvia: foreign bodies and insects or pest damage in tomatoes from Poland, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.0684, validated 28 January 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: cadmium in onions from Poland, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.0540, validated 22 January 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: chlorpyrifos in raspberries from Poland, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9523, validated 28 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Germany: a finding outside our word list in mushrooms from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.8700, validated 7 November 2025.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: chlorpyrifos in fruit or vegetables from Poland, risk decision potential risk, reference 2025.7736, validated 9 October 2025.
More: all notifications on products from Poland and fruit and vegetables from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 15 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 22 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 43 | 40% |
| Information for follow up | 34 | 31% |
| Information for attention | 31 | 29% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 51 | 47% |
| Potentially serious | 23 | 21% |
| Potential risk | 17 | 16% |
| Not serious | 9 | 8% |
| Undecided | 8 | 7% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorpyrifos | 22 | 20% |
| Foreign bodies | 16 | 15% |
| Cadmium | 10 | 9% |
| Linuron | 7 | 6% |
| Ethephon | 6 | 6% |
| Pesticide residues | 6 | 6% |
| Insects or pest damage | 5 | 5% |
| Dimethoate or omethoate | 4 | 4% |
| Flonicamid | 4 | 4% |
| Hepatitis A virus | 3 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Cabbages | 20 |
| Peppers | 7 |
| Tomatoes | 7 |
| Celery | 5 |
| Mushrooms | 5 |
| Raspberries | 5 |
| Blueberries | 4 |
| Cucumbers | 4 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 20 | 19% |
| Germany | 17 | 16% |
| Belgium | 14 | 13% |
| Estonia | 9 | 8% |
| Czechia | 7 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 6% |
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