Argentina — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Groundnut / Peanut
Argentina received 11 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Groundnut / Peanut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 5 in 2026-Q3, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 5.2 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Argentina over the last 3 years. The list below gives each of these 20 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 9 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import groundnut / peanut from Argentina
Lower risk. Argentina ranks 6th of 6 origins shipping groundnut / peanut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 5.2 — the lowest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 118,439 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the lowest rejection rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- If it is rejected
- Held, final fate not recorded 36%; re-dispatched or destroyed 27%; re-dispatched 18%; treated, sorted or diverted 9%; not stated 9% (61 tonnes in all). A re-dispatched lot can be sold elsewhere, a treated or sorted one can be released once it complies, and a destroyed one is lost.
- Where rejections happen
- Netherlands (3), Poland (3), Greece (2), of 11 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- July, March, April, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (11).
The EU does not publish how many consignments are shipped, so no page can state a true probability of rejection; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.8564 Aflatoxins in Argentine peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 8.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7450 Aflatoxins in groundnut kernels from Argentina Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 4.0 ± 1.3 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.7225 Aflatoxins in shelled groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 6,7±1,5 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6767 Aflatoxins(som) in Argentine peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 11 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.6766 Aflatoxin B1 in Argentine peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 5.1 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5229 Aflatoxins in groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 144,93 ± 32,18 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3569 Aflatoxins in groundnut kernels from Argentina Notified by Greece. Result 8,8+/-2,0 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3438 Aflatoxins in groundnut peanuts from Argentina Notified by Italy. Result 7.0 ; 12; 19; 10 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.8559 stwierdzenie przekroczenia dopuszczalnych wartości sumy aflatoksyn w przesyłce orzechów arachidowych, importowanych z Argentyny// exceeding the permissible levels of aflatoxins in peanuts imported from Argentina Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result 8,2 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxins
- 2025.7080 Aflatoxinas en cacahuetes sin cáscara de Aregentina/Aflatoxines in split blanched peanuts from Argentina Notified by Spain. Result SUBMUESTRA A: Suma B1, B2, G1, G2 1 5.3 µg/kg ; Aflatoxina B1 3.9 µg/kg // SUBMUESTRA B: … aflatoxins
- 2024.2446 Aflatoxins (B1 = 3,94 ppb; Tot. = 5,77 ppb) in groundnuts kernels from Argentina Notified by Poland. Re-dispatched. Result Sample A: 3,88 ± 1,05; sample B: 3,94 ± 1,06 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2023.2796 Larvae and insects in peanuts from Argentina Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. insects larvae infested with
- 2023.1178 Aflatoxin B1 (sample A: 3,56 ± 0,53 µg/kg, sample B: 3,18 ± 0,48 µg/kg) in peanuts blanched halves from Argentina Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result sample A B1 : 3,56 ± 0,53 µg/kg, sample B B1 : 3,18 ± 0,48 µg/kg (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.0848 aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 5.5 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.0801 aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 5.3 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.0369 Aflatoxin B1 in Argentine groundnut kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 6.1 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.0040 Aflatoxin in Blanched peanuts halves from Argentina Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result Sample A: Aflatovin B1 2,88 ± 0,43 µg/kg, Sample B: Aflatoxin B1 2,91 ± 0,44 µg/kg (limi… aflatoxin total
- 2022.6855 aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 4.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2022.6424 aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 4.8 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.6408 aflatoxin in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 193 notifications since 2020 concerned groundnut / peanut from Argentina found after entering the EU — 11 alerts, 182 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: company's own check 96%, official control on the market 3%, consumer complaint or illness 1%, at the EU border 1%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1 | 24 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2 | 76 |
| 2026 to date | 57 | 2 | 55 |
- 2026.9321 info: attentionAflatoxine in groundnut Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 7,3 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8846 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in Groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 19 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8753 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 7,9 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.8751 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 10,8; 6,6. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.8747 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in Argentine groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 4,1 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7950 info: attentionAflatoxin in groundnuts from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 62 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.7921 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxins in groundnuts, from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 3,9 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.7775 info: attentionAflatoxin in groundnut kernels from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 15 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.7767 info: attentionAflatoxine in groundnutkernels, from Argentina Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 2,3 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.7724 info: attentionExceedance of aflatoxins in groundnuts, from Argentina via UK Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, not on the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 14,0 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
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