Bolivia — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Bolivia received 4 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and insects. 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 4 say what happened to the consignment.
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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: 67%; Destroyed: 33%. About 0 tonnes in total. Source: RASFF Window notification records.
Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 1 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame | 1 | — | — | insects |
| Walnut | 1 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Other | 1 | — | — | aflatoxin total |
| Groundnut / Peanut | 0 | — | — | — |
"1 rejection per X t": tonnes of the same product imported for every one, over the same 156 weeks. A dash means fewer than 5 in the window, or under 1,000 t a year imported, too few to rate; the total row pools every product that has import tonnes on record.
Recent rejections
- 2026.8455 Stwierdzenia obecności zanieczyszczeń biologicznych w ziarnie sezamu czarnego z Boliwii // Detection of biological contaminants in black sesame seeds from Bolivia Notified by Poland. insects
- 2025.8004 Superamento dei limiti di aflatossina B1 e totale in noci brasiliane sgusciate (Sp. Bertholletia excelsa) dalla Bolivia /Exceeding the limits of aflatoxin B1 and toral in shelled Brazil nuts (Sp. Bertholletia excelsa) from Bolivia Notified by Italy. Result 11,0 (+/- 0,90) (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.0938 Aflatoxins in brazilian nuts from Bolivia Notified by Greece. Destroyed. Result 8,8+/-1,8 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.6788 Aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 210 and 220 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.4429 Aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 370 (limit 20 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2023.4169 Aflatoxins in brazilian nuts from Bolivia Notified by Greece. Result 80,3 +/- 18,5 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2023.4106 Aflatoxins in peanut kernels from Bolivia Notified by Germany. Result 29,8 +/- 11,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2720 Aflatoxins in organic groundnut kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 22 and 12 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2406 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 8.3 and 7.7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2239 Aflatoxins in organic Bolivian groundnut kernels Notified by Netherlands. Result 66 and 20 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2167 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 46 and 20 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.2099 aflatoxin in Bolivian Groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 24 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.0696 Aflatoxins in Bolivian Peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 19 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2022.0027 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 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 aflatoxin in Bolivian peanuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 170 and 170 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2021.4531 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 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 Aflatoxins in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 290 and 170 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2021.2708 aflatoxin in Bolivian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 79 and 300 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 26 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Bolivia found after entering the EU — 15 alerts, 11 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 85%, official control on the market 8%, monitoring or surveillance sample 4%, consumer complaint or illness 4%. 8 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 7 | 3 | 4 |
- 2026.7608 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in nuts Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 6.7 (limit 2.0 mg/kg - ppm). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5334 alertAflatoxins in organic Brazil nuts from Bolivia Notified by Germany. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 47,6 ± 24 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4930 alertAflatoxins in nuts midget from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 35,220 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3593 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in Amazon nuts from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 15 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.2515 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 in nuts midget From Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 18 (limit 4.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1366 info: attentionBrazil nut kernels with Aflatoxin from Bolivia via the United Kingdom Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 7.1 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.1220 alertaflatoxins in organic brazil nuts, from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 29,8 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10313 alertAflatoxin on black sesame seeds from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, re-dispatched. Result 20,5 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10037 info: follow-upvarious pesticides in black sesame seeds from Bolivia Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, re-dispatched. Result 0,046 (limit 0,005 mg/kg - ppm). alternariol monomethyl ether (AME)fipronilhaloxyfop
- 2025.7919 info: attentionAlternariol (AOH) and Alternariol Monomethyl Ether (AME) on Black Sesame seeds Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 108. alternariolalternariol monomethyl ether (AME)
Data and downloads
Download all 48 entries (CSV) — every notification behind this page, border rejections and those found on the market, with how each was found and what was done.
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