Egypt — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds
Egypt received 67 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 19 in 2024-Q1, with the trend falling sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. The list below gives the 20 most recent rejections by date and RASFF reference, with the country that notified it and the hazard found; 19 carry the laboratory result and 16 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import nuts, nut products and seeds from Egypt
- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 30% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins and pesticide residues (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- If it is rejected
- Treated, sorted or diverted 43%; held, final fate not recorded 27%; re-dispatched or destroyed 18%; re-dispatched 7%; destroyed 4%. 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 67 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- February, March, October, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (60), salmonella (2).
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
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2023-Q4 | 2 |
| 2024-Q1 | 19 |
| 2024-Q2 | 15 |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 |
| 2024-Q4 | 13 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 |
By commodity, last 156 weeks
| Commodity | Rejections | 1 rejection per | Per $1B EU imports | Most-cited hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundnut / Peanut | 64 | 1,328 t | 376.9 | Aflatoxin B1 |
| Sesame | 2 | — | — | Salmonella spp. |
| Other | 1 | — | — | — |
| All products with import tonnes on record | 66 | 1,518 t |
"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
- 2026.6341 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
- 2024.9182 Inappropriate official certificate Notified by Latvia. Re-dispatched.
- 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
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 30 notifications since 2020 concerned nuts, nut products and seeds from Egypt found after entering the EU — 20 alerts, 10 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 73%, official control on the market 13%, at the EU border 7%, monitoring or surveillance sample 3%, consumer complaint or illness 3%. 3 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Alerts | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- 2026.8754 alertSalmonella detected in Pure Sesame Tahini from Egypt via Italy Notified by Malta. Monitoring or surveillance sample. Result Detected (limit 0 /25g). Salmonella
- 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
- 2025.3566 alertFragmentos metálicos en semillas de sésamo procedentes de Egipto a través de Países Bajos // Metal fragments in organic sesame seeds from Egypt via The Netherlands Notified by Spain. Company's own check, destroyed.
- 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
Data and downloads
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