| 29 Oct 2026 | EU | Pesticide residue in oranges from South Africa | Pesticide residues
0,19 ± 0,10 (limit 0,05) mg/kg - ppm | Information · potentially serious |
| 21 Oct 2026 | EU | Pesticide residue in oranges from South Africa | Pesticide residues
0.18 (limit 0.05) mg/kg - ppm | Information · serious |
| 1 Oct 2026 | EU | Pesticide residue in oranges from South Africa | Pesticide residues
0,20 ppm (limit 0,05) mg/kg - ppm | Alert · serious |
| 11 Aug 2026 | AU | Liquorice all sorts
Beacon Sweets & Chocolates (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit) | Border rejection |
| 17 Jul 2026 | EU | Rotura de cadena de frío en atún de Sudáfrica // Poor temperature control for South Africa | Temperature control | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 19 Jun 2026 | AU | Super c sweets strawberry
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit) | Border rejection |
| 19 Jun 2026 | AU | Sweet strawberry confectionery
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 4 Jun 2026 | EU | Fenthion in kiwis from South Africa | Other | Alert · serious |
| 28 May 2026 | AU | Maize porridge - various flavours
Premier | Composition (nutrients and actives)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 22 May 2026 | EU | Foreign object in raisins from South Africa via Turkey | Foreign bodies | Information · potential risk |
| 21 May 2026 | AU | Bubble-gum
Mondelez South Africa Proprietry Limited | Composition (nutrients and actives)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 15 May 2026 | EU | Fenthion in Kiwi from South Africa | Other | Alert · serious |
| 12 May 2026 | EU | Glass pieces in vanilla powder | Foreign bodies | Alert · potentially serious |
| 30 Apr 2026 | EU | Methomyl on pears from South Africa | Other | Alert · serious |
| 29 Apr 2026 | AU | Flavoured sweets
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 21 Apr 2026 | AU | Flavoured sweets
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 21 Apr 2026 | EU | Glycidyl esters in biscuit | Process and environmental contaminants | Information · potentially serious |
| 18 Feb 2026 | AU | Maize meal
Muscleman | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 6 Feb 2026 | EU | Unauthorized additives natamycin (E235) on the list of ingredients in spirits from South A | Additives (unauthorised or over limit) | Border rejection · not serious |
| 14 Jan 2026 | AU | Sweets – various flavours
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Composition (nutrients and actives)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 8 Jan 2026 | AU | Flavoured sweets
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Composition (nutrients and actives)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 5 Nov 2025 | AU | Super C sweets orange
Premier Foods (South Africa) | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
n/a | Border rejection |
| 20 Oct 2025 | EU | Unauthorised substances (Buprofezin) in clementines from South Africa via Netherlands | Pesticide residues | Information · potentially serious |
| 26 Sep 2025 | EU | Chemical residues detected in lemons | Other | Information · not serious |
| 24 Sep 2025 | EU | Elevated benzalkonium chloride (0.35mg/kg) in wine from South Africa | Other | Information · not serious |
| 23 Sep 2025 | EU | Unauthorised novel food ingredient kanna (Sceletium tortuosum) in food supplement from Sou | Unauthorised novel food or GMO | Information · potential risk |
| 16 Sep 2025 | EU | Salmonella in fish meal | Salmonella | Information · potential risk |
| 3 Sep 2025 | EU | oxamyl in baby zucchini from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Alert · serious |
| 2 Sep 2025 | EU | Carbendazim 1.9 ppm in raisins from South Africa, via the the United Arab Emirates and UK | Pesticide residues | Alert · serious |
| 19 Aug 2025 | EU | Exceedance of limits for two pesticides in white pomelos | Pesticide residues | Information · potentially serious |
| 11 Jul 2025 | EU | nieautoryzowana nowa żywność Clitoria ternatea w herbatach sprzedawanych przez Internet | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 9 Jul 2025 | EU | mercury in tuna | Mercury | Information · serious |
| 2 Jul 2025 | EU | Imazalil in apples | Pesticide residues | Information · potentially serious |
| 28 Apr 2025 | EU | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in dried chili peppers from Spain//Hidrocarburos ar | Process and environmental contaminants | Alert · potentially serious |
| 20 Feb 2025 | EU | Ethephon in seedless red grapes from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Information · serious |
| 13 Feb 2025 | EU | Ethephon in seedless red grapes from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Information · serious |
| 5 Feb 2025 | EU | Plastic pieces breaking off and being released during use from grinders with spices and he | Foreign bodies | Information · potentially serious |
| 21 Jan 2025 | EU | Pyrrolizidine alkaloiden in Tea from South-Africa | Plant and marine toxins | Alert · serious |
| 20 Jan 2025 | EU | Pesticide Limit Exceeded in Mandarins from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Information · potential risk |
| 17 Jan 2025 | EU | Possible Presence of Small Plastic Pieces in Seasonings | Foreign bodies | Information · potential risk |
| 25 Oct 2024 | EU | Exceedance of MRL in Hass avocados from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Information · serious |
| 5 Sep 2024 | EU | Cetrimonium chloride in canned pears from South Africa | Other | Information · potential risk |
| 4 Jul 2024 | EU | Glufosinate in grapefruits from South Africa | Other | Alert · serious |
| 12 Jun 2024 | EU | Lead in Kumquats from South Africa | Lead | Information · serious |
| 22 May 2024 | EU | Aflatoxin in rasins, from South Africa. | Aflatoxins | Information · potentially serious |
| 24 Apr 2024 | EU | unauthorised use of colour E 104 - quinoline yellow in soft drink from South Africa | Colours | Information · potential risk |
| 12 Apr 2024 | AU | Sour apple spirit cooler
Tang Sour Apple | Colours
N/A | Border rejection |
| 8 Apr 2024 | EU | Maximum residue limit exceeded for fungicide iprodione in fresh plums from South Africa | Pesticide residues | Information · not serious |
| 22 Mar 2024 | AU | Three seeds rusks sliced
Rcl Foods Ltd | Additives (unauthorised or over limit)
N/A | Border rejection |
| 15 Mar 2024 | EU | Glufosinate in grapes, from South-Africa | Other | Alert · serious |
| 8 Mar 2024 | EU | Deoxynivalenol (DON) in corn from South Africa, via the Netherlands | Other mycotoxins | Alert · serious |
| 23 Feb 2024 | EU | Etephon in table grapes from South Africa | Other | Information · serious |
| 5 Feb 2024 | EU | Norovirus in Frozen Giant American Blueberries from Poland | Norovirus | Alert · potentially serious |
| 5 Feb 2024 | AU | Spirit cooler (sour apple)
Tang Sour Apple | Colours
n/a | Border rejection |
| 2 Feb 2024 | EU | Mould in food supplement from Belgium | Mould | Information · no risk |
| 23 Jan 2024 | AU | chilli powder
Osman's Spice Works CC (Durban South Africa) | Salmonella
Detected /125g | Border rejection |
| 22 Jan 2024 | EU | Undeclared cashew nuts in muesli | Undeclared allergen | Alert · serious |
| 15 Jan 2024 | EU | Anisakis simplex in frozen burbot (Genypterus capensis) fillet from SA | Parasites | Border rejection · potential risk |
| 28 Dec 2023 | EU | Salmonella Muenchen in dog chews from South Africa | Salmonella | Border rejection · serious |
| 13 Sep 2023 | EU | Pesticide analysis result for oranges - MRL exceeded for Imazalil | Pesticide residues | Information · potentially serious |