Bolivia — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Groundnut / Peanut

Bolivia received 17 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Groundnut / Peanut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2021-Q1 and 2023-Q4. Volume peaked at 5 in 2022-Q2, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total.

Key figures

EU border checks: Under EU increased official controls. Consignments from Bolivia face 50% identity and physical checks at the EU border for Aflatoxins (Annex II). Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, consolidated 2026-06-30.
What happened to rejected consignments, last 3 years: Held, final fate not recorded: 100%. About 22 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.

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Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

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Quarter	Notifications
2021-Q1	0
2021-Q2	3
2021-Q3	2
2021-Q4	2
2022-Q1	2
2022-Q2	5
2022-Q3	0
2022-Q4	0
2023-Q1	0
2023-Q2	2
2023-Q3	0
2023-Q4	1

Recent rejections

2023.6788 2023-10-06 Aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 210 and 220 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2023.4429 2023-06-30 Aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 370 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
2023.4106 2023-06-19 Aflatoxins in peanut kernels from Bolivia Notified by Germany. Result 29,8 +/- 11,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.2720 2022-05-09 Aflatoxins in organic groundnut kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 22 and 12 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.2406 2022-04-26 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.3 and 7.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.2239 2022-04-15 Aflatoxins in organic Bolivian groundnut kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 66 and 20 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.2167 2022-04-12 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 46 and 20 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.2099 2022-04-07 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 24 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.0696 2022-02-04 Aflatoxins in Bolivian Peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 19 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.0027 2022-01-04 Aflatoxin B1 in Bolivian organic groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 5.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
2021.6887 2021-12-15 Aflatoxins (B1 = 170; Tot. = 240 / B1 = 140; Tot. = 180 µg/kg - ppb) in organic groundnut kernels from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Result 170 and 140 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2021.6678 2021-12-07 aflatoxin in Bolivian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 170 and 170 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
2021.4531 2021-08-25 Aflatoxin B1 in organic Bolivian Groundnut Kernels Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4.1 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
2021.3573 2021-07-07 Aflatoxin B1 in organic groundnut kernels from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4.3 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
2021.2918 2021-06-07 Aflatoxins in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 290 and 170 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2021.2708 2021-05-27 aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 79 and 300 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2021.2108 2021-04-28 Aflatoxins in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 9.5 and 4.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2020.3115 2020-07-31 aflatoxins in shelled groundnuts from Bolivia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 75,6+/-22,7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 3 notifications since 2020 concerned groundnut / peanut from Bolivia found after entering the EU — 3 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.

How they were found: company's own check 100%.

alerts

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Year	Total	Alerts
2020	0	0
2021	0	0
2022	1	1
2023	1	1
2024	1	1
2025	0	0
2026 to date	0	0

2024.0354 2024-01-17 alertAflatoxin B1 in groundnutkernels from Bolivia via Spain and Switzerland Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 18,4 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2023.8235 2023-11-29 alertAflatoxins (B1, B2,G1,G2) in raw groundnutkernels from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 7,1 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
2022.3221 2022-06-01 alertaflatoxins in Organic raw groundnuts from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 13 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total

Data and downloads

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