Egypt — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Groundnut / Peanut
Egypt received 64 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Groundnut / Peanut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 18 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 376.9 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Egypt over the last 3 years. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 20 carry the laboratory result and 16 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import groundnut / peanut from Egypt
Higher risk. Egypt ranks 1st of 6 origins shipping groundnut / peanut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 376.9 — the highest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 1,328 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the 2nd highest rejection rate of 5 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 14.3 t (median of 29 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 14.3 t (Egypt) to 19.6 t (United States), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Treated, sorted or diverted 45%; held, final fate not recorded 25%; re-dispatched or destroyed 19%; re-dispatched 6%; destroyed 5%. 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 (24), Italy (15), Germany (11), of 64 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- March, February, October, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (60).
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 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 18 |
| 2024-Q2 | 14 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 12 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.6341 Groundnuts Egypt Aflatoxin B1 Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 5.4 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2026.5863 Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 7,9 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5766 Aflatoxins in shelled peanuts from Egypt Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 5,3± 1,2 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5331 Aflatoxins B1 in peanuts from Egypt Notified by Poland. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result próbka A: aflatoksyna B1 - 3,46+/-0,55; próbka B: aflatoksyna B1 - 3,51+/-0,56 (limit 2… Aflatoxins B1
- 2026.5177 Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Germany. Result 55,1 ± 22,0 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.4979 Aflatoxins B1 and Total in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result > 50 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10346 Aflatoxin B1 in unshelled peanuts from Egypt Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 3,3 ± 0,7 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.7015 Aflatoxine in Egyptian groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Result 22 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.6698 Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Germany. Result Aflatoxin B1 8,3+/-3,3 µg/kg; Aflatoxin Summe 9,3+/-3,7 µg/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1 2; Afla… aflatoxins
- 2025.5382 Aflatoxins in peanuts from Egypt Notified by France. Destroyed. Result 18 ± 6 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.3015 Groundnuts Egypt Aflatoxin B1 Notified by Netherlands. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4.1 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.2260 Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Germany. Result 37,0 +/- 14,8 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.2131 somma di aflatossine e aflatossine b1 oltre i limiti in arachidi in guscio dall'Egitto //Sum of aflatoxins and aflatoxin b1 above limits in peanuts in shell from Egypt Notified by Italy. Destroyed. Result 77,3±19,4 (limit 4 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.1470 Aflatoxin B1 in groundnuts from Egypt Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 4.4 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.1014 Aflatoxins in organic groundnuts from Egypt. Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 3.3 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.0641 Aflatoxins in organic groundnuts from Egypt. Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 8.6 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.9577 Aflatoxins above legal limits in peanuts from Egypt Notified by Italy. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 25.2+/-2.4. Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8105 Aflatoxins in organic groundnuts from Egypt. Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 22 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8100 Aflatoxins in organic groundnuts from Egypt. Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 27 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8099 Aflatoxins in organic groundnuts from Egypt. Notified by Belgium. Treated, sorted or diverted. Result 87 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 22 notifications since 2020 concerned groundnut / peanut from Egypt found after entering the EU — 15 alerts, 7 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 86%, official control on the market 9%, at the EU border 5%.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2026.8692 info: follow-upgroundnuts from Egypte destination Norway - no official certificates presented Notified by Belgium. At the EU border, reached the market, destroyed.
- 2025.6662 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in peanuts from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 22 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.5558 info: attentionPesticides and aflatoxins in organic blanched groundnuts Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check. Result 9,4 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin totalcyfluthrin
- 2025.4963 info: attentionAflatoxine B1 in groundnuts from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 3.7 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.4533 info: attentionAflatoxin B1 and Total organic groundnut from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 8.5 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.0673 alertAflatoxine in variety blanched organic groundnut Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 2,39 (limit 2 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.0588 alertAflatoxin in groundnut from Egypt via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 7.3 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.9461 alertAflatoxin in groundnuts from Egypt, via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 3.8 (limit 2.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8827 alertAflatoxin in groundnuts from Egypt via Germany Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, reached the market. Result 6,3 (limit 2,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2024.8779 alertAflatoxins in blanched organic groundnuts, from Egypt Notified by Netherlands. Company's own check, treated, sorted or diverted. Result 15,2 (limit 4,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
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