China — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Other

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China received 1 RASFF border-rejection notification in Other, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is newly active in the last year. The most-cited issues are tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP) unauthorised novel food ingredient, Aflatoxin B1, and aflatoxin total. The list below gives each of these 3 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 2 carry the laboratory result and 2 say what happened to the consignment.

Quarterly rejections, last 12 quarters

Recent rejections

• 2026.9373 2026-10-21 Exceeded amount of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) equivalent in organic hemp seeds from China Notified by Latvia. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4,95 ± 0,89 (limit 3 mg/kg - ppm). tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP) unauthorised novel food ingredient
• 2022.6799 2022-11-22 Nuevo alimento (Castanea mollissima) no autorizado procedente de China // Novel food (Castanea mollissima) non authorised from China Notified by Spain.
• 2020.4458 2020-10-22 aflotossine totali e b1 Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched. Result 15,1 +/- 3,7. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total

Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications

Besides border rejections, 12 notifications since 2020 concerned other from China found after entering the EU — 8 alerts, 4 information notifications. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.

How they were found: official control on the market 58%, company's own check 42%. 6 led to a recall from consumers.

alerts information notifications

• 2026.6560 2026-07-23 alertTropane alkaloids (sum) on Cumin seeds from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 600. tropane alkaloids
• 2026.5575 2026-06-24 alertanthraquinone in Pepper Powder from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0,078 (limit 0,02 mg/kg - ppm). anthraquinone
• 2026.0667 2026-01-27 alertEthyleenoxide in Kurkuma-extract from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 0.18 (limit 0.1 mg/kg - ppm). ethylene oxide
• 2025.7487 2025-10-01 alertBacillus cereus in Beancurd with Chilli from China Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, destroyed. Result >150000 (limit 100.000 CFU/g). Bacillus cereus
• 2024.4173 2024-05-29 alertAflatoxine B1 in buckwheat from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 4.4 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
• 2024.3350 2024-04-26 info: follow-upUnauthorized novel food ingredient Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) from China, via Germany Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market.
• 2024.2418 2024-03-27 info: follow-upUnauthorised novel food Job's tears seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) offered for sale from China, via Germany Notified by Austria. Official control on the market, reached the market. novel food
• 2022.3260 2022-06-02 alertCarbofuran (sum) in ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT KERNEL from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 0.033 (limit 0.01 mg/kg - ppm). carbofuran
• 2022.1329 2022-03-07 alertAflatoxins in melon seeds from China, via Netherland Notified by Germany. Official control on the market, reached the market. Result 42,8 µg/kg (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
• 2020.2673 2020-07-01 info: attentionaflatoxins in Dried Lotus Seed (Open) from China Notified by Netherlands. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 12.0 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1