What are the most common safety problems with fruits & vegetables?

9356 EU alerts have been issued for this category to date. Common reasons: chemical risks, mechanical defects, choking parts, electrical issues, mislabelling.

How can I check if a fruits & vegetables product is recalled?

Search by brand or product name on this page, or browse the chronological list below. Newest alerts are at the top.

Where does this fruits & vegetables recall data come from?

Directly from EU Safety Gate, EU RASFF, EMA, and national authorities (BASG, DGCCRF, NVWA, etc.). We re-fetch continuously throughout the day.

Fruits & vegetables — EU Safety Watch

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Serious risk 🇪🇸 ANDORRA 🇩🇰 resolved

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Lack of sanitary guarantee in fermented vegetable products fron Spain

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Spain · Notifier: Spain

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Etoxazole in fresh pepper from Turkey

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: etoxazole - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Türkiye ·…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇵🇱 resolved

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Underestimated fruit net weight after draining

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Greece · Notifier: Poland

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

formetanate in fresh pepper from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: formetanate - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Türkiye ·…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇸🇮 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Unauthorised substance chlorpyriphos in oranges from Egypt

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pes…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Pesticides in long beans frozen and cut from China

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: bifenthrin - {pesticide residues} *** chlorfenapyr - {pesticide r…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pathogen / microbiological

Hepatitis A virus in frozen cultivated blueberries from Poland

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: hepatitis A virus - {pathogenic m…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇮🇹 🇦🇹 🇭🇺 🇸🇮 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Linuron in fresh Carrots from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: linuron - {pesticide residues} ·…

3 years ago See more →

Low risk 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Chlorpyrifos in oranges from Egypt

Classification: Information notification for attention · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} ·…

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Medium risk 🇮🇪 resolved

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Insect found in jar of salted carrots

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Belgium · Notifier: Ireland

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Heavy metals

mon marché plaisir — 2 avocats mûrs à point

Do not consume or use the avocados. Return them to the store. There is a suspected presence of cadmium.

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Medium risk 🇫🇷 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Heavy metals

petit prix — avocats

Do not consume or use this product. Return it to the point of sale. There is a suspicion of cadmium presence.

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

tebufenpyrad in fresh pepper from Turkey

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: tebufenpyrad - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Türkiy…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 resolved

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Exceeding of maximum quantities of plant protection products in Atemoyas from Brazil, via the Czech Republic

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Brazil · Notifier: Germany

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Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl in grapefruits from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyrifos - {pesticide residues} *** ch…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇩🇰 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Unauthorised pesticide residue (Fludioxonil) in fresh white asparagus from Greece

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: fludioxonil - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Greece…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Elevated microbiological values in baby spinach leaves from Italy

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Italy · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Mycotoxins

Ochratoxin A (17,6 μg/kg) in raisins from Uzbekistan, via Lithuania

Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: ochratoxin A - {mycotoxins} · Ori…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Mangetout from Kenya with Chlorpyrifos-ethyl and Metalaxyl

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyriphos-ethyl - {pesticide residues} *** metalaxyl - {pesti…

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Labelling deficiency in oranges from Spain

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: pesticide residues - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Spai…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Unauthorised pesticide residue chlorpyriphos in nashi pears from China, via Netherlands

Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyrifos unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Orig…

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 resolved

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Incorrect labeling of canned diced beet from France

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: France · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

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Medium risk 🇩🇪 resolved

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Foreign body in dried dates from Saudi Arabia via Austria

Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: No risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Origin: Saudi Arabia · Notifier: Germany

3 years ago See more →

Medium risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues

Chlorpyrifos-methyl in fresh lemons from Turkey

Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Potential risk · Category: fruits and vegetables · Hazard: chlorpyrifos-methyl - {pesticide residues} · Or…

3 years ago See more →

Serious risk 🇧🇬 resolved

📂 Fruits & vegetables ⚠ Pesticide residues