Georgia — Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds — Hazelnut
Georgia received 36 RASFF border-rejection notifications in Hazelnut, part of Nuts, Nut Products and Seeds between 2023-Q4 and 2026-Q3. Volume peaked at 12 in 2025-Q4, with the trend rising sharply year-on-year. The most-cited issues are Aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin total, and aflatoxins. Measured against EU import value, that runs at 207.4 notifications per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Georgia 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 19 say what happened to the consignment.
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Key figures
If you import hazelnut from Georgia
Higher risk. Georgia ranks 1st of 3 origins shipping hazelnut to the EU on border rejections per $1 billion of EU imports, at 207.4 — the highest of them.
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- Chance a consignment is opened at the EU border
- 20% of consignments get identity and physical checks for aflatoxins (Reg. (EU) 2019/1793).
- Rejections against import volume
- On average, 1 border rejection per 992 tonnes imported into the EU over the last 3 years; the highest rejection rate of 3 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (EU import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Size of a rejected lot
- Rejected lots are typically 16.3 t (median of 54 lot weights recorded at the border). Across origins of this product they run from 16.3 t (Georgia) to 20 t (Azerbaijan), so compare the rate per tonne, not the count of rejections.
- If it is rejected
- Re-dispatched 69%; re-dispatched or destroyed 17%; held, final fate not recorded 8%; destroyed 3%; not stated 3%. 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
- Bulgaria (21), Germany (4), Italy (4), of 36 border rejections in the last 3 years.
- Riskiest months
- September, December, October, by rejections since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- aflatoxins (36).
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 | 2 |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 12 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 6 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
Recent rejections
- 2026.7037 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 14.3 +/- 4.3 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.6662 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 31.5 +/- 7.1 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.5805 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Türkiye Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 16,0 (limit 10,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.5018 Aflatoxin in hazelnut kernels from Georgia Notified by Spain. Result 8.2 (limit 5 null). aflatoxins
- 2026.3421 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 24.3 +/- 4.8 (limit 10 µg/kg - ppb). aflatoxin total
- 2026.3314 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 10,6 +/- 4,2 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxins
- 2026.3293 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Aflatoxin B1 11,8+/-4,7 µg/kg, Aflatoxin Summe 22,5+/-9,0 mg(/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1: 5; … Aflatoxin
- 2026.3291 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 13,2+/-5,3 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.3271 Aflatoxins in hazelnut flour from Georgia Notified by Germany. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result Aflatoxin B1 13,8+/-5,5 µg/kg; Aflatoxin Summe 21,3+/-8,5 µg/kg (limit Aflatoxin B1 5; Af… Aflatoxin
- 2026.1541 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by France. Re-dispatched. Result 19±6 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.1531 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 25.9 +/- 7.8 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2026.0927 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 10.0 +/- 3.0 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxins B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10406 Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels from Georgia Notified by Greece. Re-dispatched. Result 7,4+/-1.7 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10349 aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 43.9 +/- 12.2 (limit 10.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10301 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 15.3 +/-4.6 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10286 Aflatoxins in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by France. Re-dispatched or destroyed. Result 27±8 (limit 5,0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10191 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 7.6 +/- 2.3 µg/kg - ppb (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2025.10150 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 8.2 +/- 2.5 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.10146 aflatoxins in hazelnut from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 7.6 +/- 2.3 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1
- 2025.10144 aflatoxins in hazelnutl from Georgia Notified by Bulgaria. Re-dispatched. Result 8.3 +/- 2.5 (limit 5.0 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
Found on the EU market: alerts and information notifications
Besides border rejections, 4 notifications since 2020 concerned hazelnut from Georgia found after entering the EU — 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 50%, company's own check 50%. 1 led to a recall from consumers.
Show the numbers
| Year | Total | Information notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 to date | 0 | 0 |
- 2025.3470 info: follow-upStwierdzenie obecności zapleśnienia w orzechach laskowych, kraj pochodzenia Gruzja // Presence of mold in hazelnuts, country of origin Georgia, via Czech Republic Notified by Poland. Official control on the market, reached the market. moulds
- 2023.2140 info: attentionAflatoxins in hazelnut kernels form Georgia Notified by Czechia. Official control on the market, reached the market, destroyed. Result 46,4 (limit 5 µg/kg - ppb). Aflatoxin B1aflatoxin total
- 2020.0447 info: attentionSalmonellen in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Company's own check. Result positiv / nachweisbar. Salmonella spp.
- 2020.0383 info: attentionSalmonella spp in hazelnuts from Georgia Notified by Germany. Company's own check, not on the market. Salmonella spp.
Data and downloads
Download all 92 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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