Côte d'Ivoire — Fats and Oils
Côte d'Ivoire received 6 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Fats and Oils between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Sudan 4, Sudan 3, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of. The list below gives each of these 7 rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 7 carry the laboratory result and 5 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import fats and oils from Côte d'Ivoire
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- Not on the EU's increased-checks list, so only member states' routine, risk-based checks apply (rates not published).
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched or destroyed 67%; held, final fate not recorded 33%. 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
- Belgium (5), Italy (1), of 6 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Test for before shipping
- sudan 4 unauthorised colour (6), sudan 3 unauthorised colour (2), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum OF (1).
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
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| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 1 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.5841 Sudan red IV and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3000 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 4polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of
- 2026.2934 Sudan red dyes in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result >3000. Sudan 3Sudan 4
- 2025.4696 Unauthorized Sudan red IV dye in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Belgium. Result >3000 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 4
- 2025.1420 Unauthorized Sudan red IV dye in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 1400 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 4
- 2025.1300 Unauthorized Sudan red IV dye in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Belgium. Reached the market, re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 6 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 4
- 2024.3468 coloranti sudan in olio di palma da costa d'avorio/Sudan dyes in palm oil from Ivory Coast Notified by Italy. Result presenza (limit assente mg/kg - ppm). Sudan 3Sudan 4
- 2022.4513 Unauthorized colors Sudan I, III and IV in palm oil from Ivory Coast with destination France Notified by Belgium. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result present (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 1Sudan 3Sudan 4
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned fats and oils from Côte d'Ivoire found after entering the EU — 4 alerts. They are not part of the rejection figures or rates above, which measure border controls.
How they were found: at the EU border 75%, company's own check 25%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.5091 alertPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in palm oil from Ivory Coast with destination France Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 33.7 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons sum of
- 2024.3678 alertMineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons in shea butter from Cote d'Ivoire Notified by Belgium. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 2.8 (limit 2 mg/kg - ppm). mineral oil
- 2023.2811 alertUnauthorized color Sudan IV in palm oil from Cote D'Ivoire Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 3787 (limit 0 µg/kg - ppb). Sudan 4
- 2022.4234 alertUnauthorized colors Sudan I, III and IV in palm oil from Ivory Coast with destination France Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market. Result 0,005 (limit 0 mg/kg - ppm). Sudan 1Sudan 2Sudan 3
Data and downloads
Download all 11 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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